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ID number:  BIRBI-R1646
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 248
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.15
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 658. 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: Low column inscribed COS III (Consul for the Third Time).

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP PHILIDPVS AVG (Imperator Philip Augustus). Reverse: 6AH-CVL∆HBS ΛVGG (Secular Games of the Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 24c

Notes:  The column with the inscription dedicated to the Secular Games is also known as a cippus

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Philip I
Roman

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Plevna Hoard



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