Sallent, Yours looks like a 40 year old man because your coin is Philip I, not Philip II. Barry Murphy
The so called blobs of extra metal that appear white in the photo are not blobs of metal, they are waxy deposits that can easily be picked off...
As the only one here who saw the coin before it was slabbed, I can say without doubt the coin isn't a cast. David Vagi saw the coin as well....
I viewed this coin in hand several months ago, before it was in a slab. The coin is not a cast. As for style, you can compare this coin with...
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