brm_699691 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Très beau buste de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVGG III.
Reverse description : Philippe Ier et son fils Philippe II assis à gauche sur une chaise curule ; Philippe Ier, qui est sur le premier plan tient un sceptre court de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberalitas Augustorum tertium”, (La troisième Libéralité 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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