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ID number: BIRBI-R1659 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Philip I; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 244-247 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2668. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped, standing facing l., feeding snake coiled around altar out of r. and holding rudder in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IΠΠP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: SHLVS AVG (Dedicated to the Health of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 47
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