brm_1005704 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce
300.00 €(Approx. 312.00$ | 249.00£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, mince, centré. Jolie chèvre, bien venue à la frappe. Buste agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus", (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLARES AVGG// SC.
Reverse description : Chèvre marchant à gauche.
Reverse translation : "Sæculares Augustorum" (Les Jeux Séculaires 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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