bpv_310782 - PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria
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Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 247-249
Mint name / Town : Sidé, Pamphylie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,16 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier et bien centré des deux côtés, bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Beau portrait d’Antonin. Joli revers. Belle patine verte, légèrement granuleuse
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT K M IOUL - FILIPPON.
Obverse translation : L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe.
Reverse
Reverse description : Hécate assise de face sur un lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : SI-DH//TwN, (Sidhtwn).
Reverse translation : (de Sidé).
Commentary
Semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Semble de la plus grande rareté.
Historical background
PHILIPPUS II
(05/244-09/249)
Augustus
Philip II, son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa, was named Augustus in 247. He participated in the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which began on April 21, 247. Philip, his father, was killed at the battle of Verona . Philip II was assassinated shortly thereafter. We do not know what happened to Otacilia Sévéra. Philip II was made Caesar shortly after the accession of his father who awarded him the title of prince of youth.
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