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ID number: BIRBI-R1686 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: 244-249 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 20.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 156. Presented by L. G. P. Messenger, 1916. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Philip the Arab, on horse, pacing facing l., raising r. and holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD M IVL PHILIDPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: ADVENTVS AVGC (Arrival of the Emperors). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 165
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