Two Greek, two Roman for help please

Can anyone please advise on these?
Coin A - I can see Philippus but can't tie it to a coin in Sear or Wildwinds, and I suspect it may be a fake. 27mm diameter:


Coin B - looks like it might be Trajan but provincial Greek mintage. Where and is it right? 23mm diameter:


Coin C - Greek with the Owl reverse, but which city and again is it right? 23mm diameter:


Coin D - appears Greek but with a counterstamp - possibly a ship? Any ideas? 16mm diameter:


Thanks for any assistance.

 

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Last one, looks like Seleukos II.

 

Coin A appears to be from Moesia, Viminacium mint (see link).

https://www.ma-shops.com/an/item.php?id=631

Coin B is a tetradrachm from Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch (see link).

https://www.ancientcointraders.com/...d-coin-published-prieur-plate-coin-p-842.html

 

C is a fake.

 

The first: Philip I from Viminacium.
Auction Lot (cngcoins.com)

Second: tetradrachm, Antioch.
CNG: eAuction 453. SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.71 g, 6h). Struck AD 115. (cngcoins.com)

Third: says Athens, but the style looks off to me.

Fourth: unknown Seleucid, but prob. not Seleukos II. He usually has Apollo standing next to a tripod; this one has Apollo sitting on an omphalos.

Edit: looks like robinjojo beat me to it.

 

For anyone interested in really obscure ancient history, Moesia was located next to Larrysia and Curlysia.

 

Last one looks to be a bronze of Seleukos II. I think it's SC 657(1).

 

Agree with Doug that Coin C is fake. The others look legit to me. Agree that Coin A is from Viminacium, Moesia; Philip, Year 5, honours the legionary veterans that settled there (depicted by the bull and lion on either side of the standing figure).

 

Yes!!!!......& coin C looks like Bob Hope & that owl from the "glasses" commercial!...

 

That is great - thanks all!

I feared the Athens coin would be a fake - too famous a design for the fakers to miss. Glad to hear the rest have at least the potential to be right.

The Moesia slightly lost on us Europeans - I assume Moe, Larry and Curly were some comedy team? Nice link though!

 

Yep! The Three Stooges!

 

Glad we got that straightened out.

The wealth of knowledge in this forum is amazing.

 

Philip I from Viminacium is real. I’ve never seen a fake one, but I’m sure they’re around

 

Coin D as suggested above is possibly Seleukas II. Seleucid coins were often countermarked, often with anchors.

Here is one of mine with two countermarks, but neither like yours:

Seleucid Kingdom Æ 15
Seleukos II Kallinikos
n.d. (246-226 B.C.)
Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / BA[ΣIΛEΩΣ] [ΣEΛ]EYKO[Y], Apollo, naked, seated left on omphalos, holding arrow & bow [monogram left?].
SC 657 type.
(3.68 grams / 15 mm)
eBay June 2021
Countermarks:
Countermark 1: Seleucid anchor in 5 x 4 mm rectangle
Countermark 2: Caduceus in 6 x 5 mm rectangle both on reverse, obliterating most of Apollo.
Identical countermarks: CNG E Auction 200, Lot 71, 3 December 2008.

Here is an anchor countermark in a circle that looks a lot like the OP. It may be Seleucid too, but the host coin is from Thrace:


Kingdom of Thrace Æ 15
Lysimachos
(323-281 B.C.)
Head of Herakles right in lion skin headdress / ΒΑ[ΣΙ] ΛΥΣ[Ι] in wreath of grain ears.
SNG Cop. 1168-1169; HGC 3.2, 1761; Sear SG 6822.
Countermark: Seleucid (?) anchor obverse in 6 mm circle.
(2.51 grams / 15 mm)
eBay June 2019

 

Piling on, Phillip is a Viminacium sestertius. Note that latin was used for the legend rather than Greek, indicating a Roman colony.

 

On coin D, Wildwinds has one very similar with a countermark described as a Lyre, which seems possible to me. SC 657 as suggested by @rooman9 above.

 

Here is a link to a web-site about Viminacium coins. It is in Dutch and Englisch.

http://www.viminacium.nl/English index.html

 

Awesome website, never seen it before.
I have quite a few Vim "sestertii," including a Philip like the OP.

 

If you are not familiar with it, another great tool for identifying coins is AC search, www.acsearch.com.

 

Are there some good instructions anywhere? I've never been successful in finding anything on acsearch, though there are so many here who are experts. I just don't get it.