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ID number: BIRBI-R1712 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Philip I; Philip II; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 244-246 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 21.44 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3. Presented by Earle Fox, from a hoard found in Crete, 1914. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, bare, draped, facing r. Reverse: Philip II, in military attire, standing facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IΛ IVL PHILIPPVS CHES (Marcus Julius Philip Caesar). Reverse: PRIIIC,IPI IVVENT S C (Prince of Youth; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 255 (Philip I)
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