bpv_780690 - PHILIPPUS II Octassaria
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Type : Octassaria
Date: 247-249
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée présentant de très jolis bustes, notamment de Tyché. Patine foncée
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S-C.
Reverse description : Buste tourelé et drapé de Tyché à droite, surmontée d’un bélier bondissant à droite, tournant la tête à droite ; étoile sous le buste.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN - MHTRO KOLWN/ D-E, (Antiocewn Mhtropolhwn Kolwnia
Reverse translation : (Antioche colonie métropolite).
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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