brm_980553 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
115.00 €(Approx. 131.10$ | 98.90£)
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très beau buste de Philippe II, de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS AVGG/.
Reverse description : Mars nu, le manteau flottant, marchant à droite portant une haste de la main droite et un trophée de la gauche.
Reverse legend : -|G// -
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (la Virilité des augustes).
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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