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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
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