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Philip II, as Caesar, Æ Protocontorniate Sestertius. Rome, AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, bare headed and draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II standing left, holding globe and spear. RIC 256; C. 49. 24.73g, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; edges hammered to be reworked into a protocontorniate.
Andreas Alföldi believed protocontorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that protocontorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
Good Very Fine; edges hammered to be reworked into a protocontorniate.
Andreas Alföldi believed protocontorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that protocontorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.