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ID number: BIRBI-R1709 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Philip I; Philip II; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 246-247 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3855. Ex F. Heeley Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, radiate, advancing facing l., raising r. and holding whip in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: AUTBR-NIT IMPER (The Eternity of the Empire).
Bibliography: RIC IV 226 (Philip I)
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