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Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 18.61 g, 1h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 6th officina. 10th emission, AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLVM NOVVM, S C in exergue, octastyle temple of Roma with statue of Roma seated facing in center. RIC IV 164 corr. (rev. legend); Banti 52. Green patina with spots of red, some roughness. VF.
From the Summer Haven Collection.
Continuing the tradition of Claudius and Antoninus Pius before him, the celebration of the Secular Games at the end of every century since the founding of Rome culminated during the reign of Philip I, as the city celebrated her 1,000th anniversary in AD 248. The legends on these issues frequently read Saeculares Augg, and feature a similar iconography from previous games, such as the she-wolf suckling the twins, the various wild beasts paraded through the amphitheater, and a cippus inscribed for the preservation of the memory of these events.
From the Summer Haven Collection.
Continuing the tradition of Claudius and Antoninus Pius before him, the celebration of the Secular Games at the end of every century since the founding of Rome culminated during the reign of Philip I, as the city celebrated her 1,000th anniversary in AD 248. The legends on these issues frequently read Saeculares Augg, and feature a similar iconography from previous games, such as the she-wolf suckling the twins, the various wild beasts paraded through the amphitheater, and a cippus inscribed for the preservation of the memory of these events.