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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Philip I| > RS87884
Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D.
|Philip| |I|, |Philip| |I| |the| |Arab,| |February| |244| |-| |End| |of| |September| |249| |A.D.|, Tranquillitas was the goddess of tranquility, security, calmness, and peace. The capricorn had a goat-like forequarter and a hindquarter terminating in a fish tail. The capricorn alludes to the maritime transportation of Egypt’s grain harvest across the Mediterranean to Rome, which was critical to maintaining tranquility within the empire.
RS87884. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 9, RSC IV 223, Hunter III 42, SRCV III 8968, VF, well centered, toned, small edge cracks, 2nd officina, Rome mint, weight 3.841g, maximum diameter 23.1mm, die axis 0o, 248 A.D.; obverse IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse TRANQVILLITAS AVGG, Tranquillitas standing facing, head left, capricorn in right hand, scepter in left hand, B lower left; ex Beast Coins; ex Harlan J. Berk, CICF Show, Apr 2013; SOLD











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