Live auction - bpv_717394 - PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria
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| Estimate : | 140 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 15:33:43 |
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 247-249
Mint name / Town : Hierapolis, Syrie, Cyrrhestica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Atargatis assise de face sur un lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : QEAS SURIAS IEROPO//LITWN.
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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