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ID number: BIRBI-R1688 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Philip I; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 244-249 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 10.26 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3960. A. H. Baldwin, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Elephant, guided by driver with goad and wand, walking facing l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVC (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: A-ETERNITAS AV…C (Dedicated to the Immortal Emperors). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 167
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