v36_0624 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 244
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait juvénile. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Philippe II césar à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Iulius Philippus Cæsar”, (Marc Jules Philippe césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTOR.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : aspersoir, simpulum, vase à sacrifice, couteau de sacrificateur et lituus.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (La Piété des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Cet antoninien est frappé dans le cadre d’une émission spéciale.
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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