bpv_986604 - PHILIPPUS II Decassaria
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Type : Decassaria
Date: 247-249
Mint name / Town : Samosate, Syrie, Commagène
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 18,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisaros Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché de Samosate (la Fortune) tourelée et drapée, assise à gauche, tenant des épis de la main droite, un aigle, les ailes ouvertes sur le bras droit ; à ses pieds Pégase, s’envolant à gauche.
Reverse legend : FL SAMOSATEwN MHTROP KOM, (Flavia Samosatewn Metropolewn Kommagenos)
Reverse translation : (Flavie Samosate ville de Commagène).
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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