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Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.18 g, 6h). Commemorating the Secular Games/100th Anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MILIARIVM SAECVLVM, cippus inscribed COS/III in two lines. RIC IV 157a; Banti 24. VF, brown surfaces.
From the Matthew Rich Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 917887 (February 2012).
AD 248 marked the 1000th birthday of Rome. The 'millenary age' is conveyed through the use of the reverse legend Miliarium Saeculum, commemorating Rome's newly completed millennium and commencement of another.
From the Matthew Rich Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 917887 (February 2012).
AD 248 marked the 1000th birthday of Rome. The 'millenary age' is conveyed through the use of the reverse legend Miliarium Saeculum, commemorating Rome's newly completed millennium and commencement of another.