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ID number:  BIRBI-R1639
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.
Maker:  Philip I; Philip II; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 248
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  5.22
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 369. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Philip the Arab and Philip II, on horses, galloping facing r., each raising their r.; one holding spear; in exergue, ε (assumed to be Greek numeral 5 as an officina mark).

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP PHILIPDVS ΠVG (Imperator Philip Augustus). Reverse: VI-RTVS HVGG (Courage of the Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 10

5 Related People

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


Philip I
Roman

249
Philip II
Roman

249
Earle Fox, H. B.
British
1863
21 March 1920
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