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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Philip II| > RS68517
Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D.
|Philip| |II|, |Philip| |II,| |July| |or| |August| |247| |-| |Late| |249| |A.D.|, In April 248, Philip combined the celebration of Rome's 1000th anniversary with the Ludi Saeculares. Festivities included spectacular games and theatrical presentations. In the Colosseum, more than 1,000 gladiators were killed along with hundreds of exotic animals including hippos, leopards, lions, giraffes, and one rhinoceros.
RS68517. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 239, RSC IV 43, SRCV III 9273, Hunter III - (p. xciv), F, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.227g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 225o, 249 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P VI COS P P, radiate lion walking left; from the Butte College Collection, ex Lindgren Collection; rare (R2); SOLD




  







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