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ID number: BIRBI-R1652 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 654. 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: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding long caduceus in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMⱵ M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: FELICI-ΓAS TEMP (Fortunate Times).
Bibliography: RIC IV 31
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