Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The silver crown struck by Philip II. of Spain during his occupation of the Low Countries.
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Italici bellum cumMace - donibus renouant, eo quod philippus pad: a nonferuaftet; feditiones, & tumul - tus fecuntur. perfseus tandem phihppi filius fratrem Demetrium occiditi & in - uito patre Regnum occupat.
Ethruscarum antiquitatum fragmenta : quibus vrbis Romae, aliarumque gentium primordia, mores, & res gestae indicantur Inghirami, Curzio, 1614-1655 1637
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Here, Pausanias, give them each a philippus, [9] with which to remember my home-coming! "
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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