This beautiful coin was a gift from my Secret Santa. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am. First, I've made a handful of comments in the past about how much I wanted one of these tets with the imperial eagles, but they were relatively few, which means this person must have dug through a bunch of my comments to arrive at this. It was very thoughtful and far surpassed any of my expectations. Second, Philip I has an interesting connection to Antioch. For many centuries after his death, there have been rumors that Philip I was a Christian. Although he probably wasn't one, he definitely went out of his way to treat them nice. It was at Antioch where Philip I and his wife attempted to celebrate Easter with the Christians, but the bishop forced the Emperor to stand alongside the penitents during the ceremony instead of in the good seats. Apparently being the most powerful man in the world did not impress the Bishop of Antioch. Thanks a million Secret Santa. He even gave me a second coin (a modern silver one) but if I show it then you'll know who he is, so I'll leave that one out. But man, what an amazing package. It does have mild porosity all over, but I hear that's common with the billon coins of the period, and either way it is still an amazing coin. And here is my Philip I antoninianus which was my only Philip I until now: This one is my "Mr. Spock" Philip...doesn't he look like Spock from the new Star Trek movies?
Nice, thought about getting a right facer to go with left. Philip I (244 - 249 A.D.) Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch Billon Tetradrachm O: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, Radiate and cuirassed bust left seen from the front. R: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟ Γ, Eagle standing right, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak. ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines below. Antioch Mint, Stuck Year 3 246/247 A.D. 11.7g 26mm Prieur 359
Thats pretty sweet Sallent. I bid on one about a month ago but forgot to set a pre hammer alert & missed it.
It seems to be a popular design of which I do not own. But I do have this from Antioch: PHILIP I AE30 OBVERSE: AVTOK K M IOVLI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: ANTIOCEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-E S-C, turreted & draped bust of Tyche right, ram leaping right above, star beneath Struck at Antioch, 244-249 AD 30mm, 14g BMC 528
Yours is a nice example with good surfaces for these billon coins. Santa must have you in the nice book. The other thing you might want is a coin minted in Rome for use in Antioch. These have MON VRB in place of ANTIOXIA on the reverse.
Wonderful coins! Heres a not so Spocky ant. Philip I AR Antoninianus. Antioch? mint, 244 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, PM below bust / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing right, holding spear & resting hand on shield. RIC 74, RSC 245 21mm, 3.9gms rare
Gorgeous Philip I Tet ( I like Eagles), and wow, great Ant! Very crisp! I have only one from the The Arab: RI Philip I 244-249 CE AR Ant radiate zoo Antelope 1000 yr anniv Rome
You may only have one, but in my opinion you have one of the best Philip I found out there. Those animal series made for the 1000 year anniversary of Rome are some of the most beautiful 3rd century Roman silver coins minted, and are extremely desirable coins to own. I wish I had one like yours. Its in my "To Buy" list...Eventually.
Wow => that's a great OP-Tet, Lawyer ... a super Santa gift Ummm, I don't have a cool Tet of Phil-I, but I do have an antoninianus ... ... oh, and an AE example of this guy as well (Syria, 8 Assaria)
@Sallent, this is for sure a very nice gift from your secret Santa I have two tets and two antoniniani of that dude Philippus I, Tetradrachm Antioch mint 244 AD ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ , Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC, Eagle facing, head left, holding wreath in beak, tail left. SC at exergue 10,66 gr, 27-28 mm Ref : Prieur # 319, Mc Alee # 887 Philippus I, Tetradrachm struck in Antioch in 248 AD ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, Radiate bust of Philippus right ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC VΠATO Γ, Eagle facing, holding a wreath in beak. ANTIOXIA / SC at exergue 11.60 gr Ref : BMC #512, Prieur # 377_069 Philippus I, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 247 IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right P M TR P IIII COS II P P , Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae 5.16 gr 20/23 mm Ref : RIC IV, part 3 #3 ROMAN EMPIRE, PHILIP I, antoninianus, RIC 15 Rome mint, AD 248, 2nd officina IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind SAECVLARES AVGG, She wolf left, suckling Romulus and Remus, II at exergue 3.7 gr Ref : RCV # 8957, RIC # 15, Cohen # 178 Q
Congrats Sallent, excellent Christmas present, Santa must love you. no Philip I tets in my collection yet, only Antoninii
Thank you. I appreciate your kind comment. I do enjoy it as a nice coin. Although I do not pursue Roman coins in the AD period as actively as BC, I recognize there are some fun coins in that era. I rather like the History, and 1000 years of a successful city is a neat milestone commemorated by some cool coins.
