Coin: æ sestertius

Museum number:
8-5861
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Barracks Emperors (235–284 AD)
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Annona (Roman diery) and Philip the Arab (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG and ANNONA AVG, SC
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Sestertii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
244-249 AD
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 16.34 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5861, described as Coin: Æ; PHILIP, Senior - 16.34 grams. Sestertius. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - bust facing right draped, laureate. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, SC - Annona standing facing left holding corn ears over modius, cornucopiae in left arm. Location: Rome, 244-249 AD.

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