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247 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 247
CCXLVII
Ab urbe condita 1000
Assyrian calendar 4997
Balinese saka calendar 168–169
Bengali calendar −346
Berber calendar 1197
Buddhist calendar 791
Burmese calendar −391
Byzantine calendar 5755–5756
Chinese calendar 丙寅年 (Fire  Tiger)
2944 or 2737
     to 
丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit)
2945 or 2738
Coptic calendar −37 – −36
Discordian calendar 1413
Ethiopian calendar 239–240
Hebrew calendar 4007–4008
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 303–304
 - Shaka Samvat 168–169
 - Kali Yuga 3347–3348
Holocene calendar 10247
Iranian calendar 375 BP – 374 BP
Islamic calendar 387 BH – 386 BH
Javanese calendar 125–126
Julian calendar 247
CCXLVII
Korean calendar 2580
Minguo calendar 1665 before ROC
民前1665年
Nanakshahi calendar −1221
Seleucid era 558/559 AG
Thai solar calendar 789–790
Tibetan calendar 阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
373 or −8 or −780
     to 
阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
374 or −7 or −779
Sestertius minted in 247 by Philip the Arab to celebrate Dacia province and its legions, V Macedonica and XIII Gemina. Note the eagle and the lion, V's and XIII's symbols, in the reverse. Sestertius Philip 247-lv lxiii.jpg
Sestertius minted in 247 by Philip the Arab to celebrate Dacia province and its legions, V Macedonica and XIII Gemina. Note the eagle and the lion, V's and XIII's symbols, in the reverse.

Year 247 ( CCXLVII ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 1000 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 247 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philip the Arab</span> Roman emperor from 244 to 249

Philip I, commonly known as Philip the Arab, was the Emperor of the Roman Empire from 244 to 249. After the death of Gordian III in February 244, Philip, who had been Praetorian prefect, rose to power. He quickly negotiated peace with the Sasanian Empire and returned to Rome to be confirmed by the Senate.

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