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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

3 Related People

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

249
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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