E-auction 3-343 - bpv_115679 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 105 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 63 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 April 2013 20:09:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 9
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,50 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 14,36 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Revers intéressant. Très belle patine vert olive clair. Revers bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP 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 Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM//AN VIIII.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, les deux mains étendues au-dessus d'un bœuf à gauche tourné à droite et d'un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium Anno nonum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium, la neuvième année).
Commentary
Semble de même coins que l’exemplaire du SNG Hungary n° 360, pl. 31.
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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