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Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Philip II| > RS15320 Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D.  When Augustus ruled Rome, he was not called emperor or king, he was the Princeps, the "first of men." In the empire, the designated successors to the emperor were named caesar and also given the title Princeps Juventutis, the "first of youths." This is the origin of the English word prince, meaning the son of a monarch.RS15320. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 216c, RSC IV 54, Hunter III 5, SRCV III 9242, Choice EF, full circle centering on both obverse and reverse, Rome mint, weight 4.248g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 245 - 246 A.D.; obverse M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PRINCIPI IVVENT (to the Prince of Youth), Philip II standing right in military dress, transverse spear upward right in right, globe in left hand; SOLD  |