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ID number: BIRBI-R1693 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): 3.10 Weight (g): 13.88 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 292. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fortuna, draped, seated facing l., holding rudder in r. and cornucopiae in l.; wheel below seat.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP M IVL PHIIɪIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX (Fortune that brings back the Emperor in Safety) In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 174
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