Philip 1 AE 28mm 8 Assaria Antioch - fake?

I strongly suspect this one is a fake, but any views welcomed:

Measures about 29mm and weighs 13.9g.

 

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It looks authentic to me.

 

Agree with ACH, looks fine to me too.

 

Looks ok to me as well. These are pretty plentiful and affordable. In fact, I picked one up not that long ago:

 

Well that is good news! It felt too flat and even to me.

Also the closest match I could find on Wildwinds has Philip with a radiate crown, rather than laureate.

 

I can't remember if I found the ID on wildwinds or on RPC...but here is what I have. The only difference I can see with your coin vs mine, is that yours does not have the star underneath Tyche:

Philip I
AE30
Antioch, Syria
Obverse: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: ANTIOXEΩN MHTΡO KOΛΩN Δ-E S-C, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, ram leaping right above, star beneath

 

This is my Philip II. I do not pretend to be able to separate real from fake on poor (or good) photos of poor (or good) coins. It is often possible to say a coin is fake from even a poor photo but you may notice that the grading experts like NGC still ask you to send in the coin in person before they issues a certificate. There is a good reason! Do I see reason from the photo to doubt the coin? No. Should you take that as it being genuine. Double no!

 

Here is the wildwinds link for where I found mine:
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/syria/antioch/t.html
BMC 527

 

I'm no expert, but it looks good to me too - nice surfaces too.

These are a lot of fun to attribute. Here is an RPC search, narrowed down:

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/...ight_max=&diameter_min=&diameter_max=&format=

Here are two I got recently - radiate and laureate (unlike imperial issues, the headgear does not appear to indicate denomination as in as/dupondius, but I could be wrong about this):

 

Thanks @Marsyas Mike - that is a very useful link. I enjoy tracking Roman coins down, but I find the Provincial ones, with the legends in Greek, much more difficult to decipher.
I have another bag of Random ancient coins to assess later in the weekend. I just had a sneak preview and there looks to be some goodies in there!

 

I think the reason for this is that someone started with a worn coin with a very thick patina and then removed the patina from the raised area by harsh rubbing/scraping, thus exaggerating the flatness of the relief. If the coin were mine, I would accept it as genuine unless someone could prove otherwise.