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S2652 of Philip II

Philip II, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. M IVL PHILPPVS CAES, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, the prince standing left, holding globe & spear. RIC 218d, RSC 48.

Lot No.1598.

$ 25.

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Philip II was the son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa. He was made Caesar when his father assumed the throne in 244 AD, and Augustus in 247 AD, but he soon shared his father's fate when they were killed by Trajan Decius' rebel forces at Verona in 249 AD.