PHILIP II 244AD Zeugma in Commagene TEMPLE GROVE CAPRICORN Roman Coin i56062

Item: i56062

Authentic Ancient 

Coin of:

Philip II
  –
Roman Caesar
: 244-249 A.D. –  

Bronze Tetrassarion 28mm (13.74 grams)

Commagene
Reference: Sear GIC 4142 var.; SNG Cop. 33. SNG München 436. Price/Trell, S. 23
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC CЄB, 
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
ZЄVΓMATЄΩN, Tetrastyle temple, with 
peribolos containing grove enclosed by colonnades and tetrastyle temple; 
Capricorn left below.

The ancient city of Zeugma, was founded in 300 B.C. by 
Seleukos Nikator, one of the generals of the Alexander the Great. At that time 
the city was named after the general and called ” Seleukia on the Euphrates.” 
The population of the city was approximately 80 000. In 64 B.C. Zeugma was 
conquered and ruled by Rome and with this shift the name of the city was changed 
to Zeugma, in Greek meaning “bridge-passage.” During Roman rule, the city became 
a regional centre, as the city of Zeugma was on the silkroad connecting Antioch 
to China with its own quay on the river Euphrates. In 256 A.D. Zeugma was 
destroyed by the Sasanian King, Sapur I and his invasion was so devastating so 
that Zeugma was not able to recover for many years. In the summer of 2000, this 
city, one of the great frontier cities of the Roman Empire, all but disappeared 
under the flood waters of a dam. The Turkish government over the past twenty 
years had built a series of dams on the Euphrates river.

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Capricorn (♑) is the tenth
astrological sign
in the
zodiac
, originating from the
constellation of Capricornus
. It spans 
the 270–300th degree of the zodiac, corresponding to 
celestial longitude
. Capricorn is
ruled
by the planet
Saturn
. Under the tropical zodiac, the 
sun transits this area from December 22 to January 19 each year, and 
under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation 
of Capricorn from approximately January 15 to February 14. In
astrology
, Capricorn is considered an
earth sign
, introvert sign,^[1] 
and one of the four
cardinal signs
.

Zodiac symbol Goat
Duration (tropical,
UTC
western
)
Constellation

Capricornus

Zodiac elementt

Earth
Zodiac quality
Cardinal

Sign ruler

Saturn

Detriment

Moon

Exaltation

Mars

Fall

Jupiter

Marcus 

Julius  Philippus Severus, also known as Philippus II, Philip II 

and Philip the Younger (238 – 249) was the son and heir of the

Roman 

Emperor

Philip the Arab

by his wife Roman Empress

Marcia Otacilia Severa

. According to numismatic evidence, he had a sister 

called Julia Severa or Severina, whom the ancient Roman sources do not mention.

When his father became emperor in 244 he was appointed

Caesar

. Philippus was

consul
in 247 

and 248. His father was killed in battle by his successor

Decius
in 249. 

When news of this death reached Rome, he was murdered by the

Praetorian Guard

. He died in his mother’s arms. When he died, he was eleven 

years old.