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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3211112, member: 80783&quot;]It took my newest Sestertius three and a half months to receive the Italian government´s export permission, but today it finally was in the mail and I can upgrade my entry for Philip Junior. </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of this Sestertius shows an age-appropriate portrait of eleven year old Marcus Iulius Severus Philippus Caesar after he was elevated to consul and the rank of Augustus (and formal co-ruler of the empire) by his father, the soldier emperor Philippus I Arabs, in 247:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833748[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right, seen from behind</p><p>LIBERALITAS AVGG III -&nbsp; Philip II and Philip I, wearing togas, seated left on curule chairs; each extending right hands; Philip I also holding scepter in his left hand; SC in exergue.</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 248</p><p>17,25 gr / 29 mmRIC 267a, Cohen 18, Sear 9279, Banti 1 (66 specimens)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833749[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>According to the legend, the reverse pictures the third Liberalitas of the joint emperors. This by most accounts took place on the occasion of the Millennium Celebration of Rome in the year 248.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the LIBERALITAS at first represented the donation of the congarium to the urban population of the capital, it more and more came to symbolize the donatives paid to the ever important soldiers. Philipp Junior is here shown as co-responsible for the imperial generosity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The senior rank of the elder Philipp is not only demonstrated by him taking the more honorable place on the right and in front of his son, but also by the fact that he alone is wearing a scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>After his father had perished in battle against his successor Trajanus Decius in late September the following year, Philipp junior was murdered by the praetorian guard in the palace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show your Liberalitas and Philipp Junior coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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