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ID number: BIRBI-R1691 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): 3.05 Weight (g): 16.24 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3487. 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: Four standards - legionary eagle atop the second from the r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP M IVL PIIILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: FIDES EXERCITVS (Loyalty of the Army). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 171
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