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ID number: BIRBI-R1685 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Philip I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 248 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 18.73 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3486. Prof. Luigi De Nicola, 65 Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: She-wolf, standing facing l., suckling the twins.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IΠΠP M IIVL PIIILIPPVS AVC (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: SAECVLANE A…GG (Secular Games of the Emperors). In Exergue: … (S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 159
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