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ID number: BIRBI-R1660 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard Maker: Philip I; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 244-247 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.96 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 659. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922, acquired through the British Museum, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, seated facing l., holding sceptre in r. and propping head up on l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ΠΠ IVL PHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: SECV-RIT URBIS (Security of the [Roman] World).
Bibliography: RIC IV 48b
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