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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4876989, member: 98035"]Philip's coinage is fun to collect. I wonder if the Secular Games were enough to actually distract the people of Rome from how bad the financial/military situation really was?</p><p><br /></p><p>I've sold all of the handful of antoninianii commemorating the event, but held on to two bronzes:</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Sestertius, SAECVLARES AVGG, she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus[ATTACH=full]1177930[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE As, SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus inscribed COS III - Middle bronzes of Philip mostly seem to be this type, and also tend to be fairly well made compared to the lop-sided sestertii, so I think it is a reasonable guess that they were made to be distributed as prizes to the common folk at the games themselves.[ATTACH=full]1177929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4876989, member: 98035"]Philip's coinage is fun to collect. I wonder if the Secular Games were enough to actually distract the people of Rome from how bad the financial/military situation really was? I've sold all of the handful of antoninianii commemorating the event, but held on to two bronzes: AE Sestertius, SAECVLARES AVGG, she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus[ATTACH=full]1177930[/ATTACH] AE As, SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus inscribed COS III - Middle bronzes of Philip mostly seem to be this type, and also tend to be fairly well made compared to the lop-sided sestertii, so I think it is a reasonable guess that they were made to be distributed as prizes to the common folk at the games themselves.[ATTACH=full]1177929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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