bpv_755749 - PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 247-249
Mint name / Town : Nisibe, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste, vu de trois quarts en avant (B3).
Obverse legend : AUTOL K MA IOLI FILIPPOS SEB
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle à fronton triangulaire ouvert avec la statue cultuelle de la Tyché de la cité surmonté du signe astrologique du bélier ; dieu-rivière nageant aux pieds de la Tyché.
Reverse legend : IOL SEP KOLW NESIBI MHT
Reverse translation : (Julia Septimia colonie de Nisibe métropole).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges larges.
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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