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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Philip II| > RS84681
Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D.
|Philip| |II|, |Philip| |II,| |July| |or| |August| |247| |-| |Late| |249| |A.D.|, Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.
RS84681. Silver antoninianus, Bland 85 (3 spec.), RSC IV 34a, RIC IV 233 var. (bust right), SRCV III -, Choice F, well centered, light corrosion, porous, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 2.946g, maximum diameter 21.3mm, die axis 180o, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 4 years, consul 2 times, father of the country), Felicitas standing slightly left, head left, long caduceus vertical in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; rare; SOLD










OBVERSE| LEGENDS|

MIVLPHILIPPVSCAES
MIVLPHILIPPVSNOBILCAES
IMPMIVLPHILIPPVSAVG
IMPPHILIPPVSAVG


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