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ID number:  BIRBI-R1692
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):  3.45
Weight (g):  26.93
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1. The only coin remaining out of the first lot of twelve coins purchased in 1912. These were in a second-hand shop run by a Mr W. Morgan in the Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, W.14, 1912.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two standards in each hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMɲ M IVIɪ ɲHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: FIDES MILITVM S C (Loyalty of the Soldiers; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 172

3 Related People

Philip I
Roman

249
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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