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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

4 Related People

Plevna Hoard



Philip I
Roman

249
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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