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ID number: BIRBI-R1717 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: 246-249 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 21.00 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1444. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP PIIıLIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: PAX AETERΛIA S Ϛ (Eternal Peace; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 268 (Philip I)
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