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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4209318, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you for that vote of confidence, Bing.&nbsp; It looks pretty good to me too, which is why I haven&#039;t entirely given up on it...</p><p><br /></p><p>But I posted it a while back and Ken Dorney thought it was that it is a museum reproduction of some sort.&nbsp; Ken knows a lot more about these things than I do, so I believe him. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile I keep it in my little Hope Chest, hoping that my Coin Fairy Godmother will turn it into a real coin.&nbsp; Or is that Coin Pinnochio I&#039;m hoping for?&nbsp; I could never keep my fairy tales straight. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macedonia-philip-ii-1-12th-stater-in-silver-is-this-possible.307194/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macedonia-philip-ii-1-12th-stater-in-silver-is-this-possible.307194/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macedonia-philip-ii-1-12th-stater-in-silver-is-this-possible.307194/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now when it comes to the same Philip as the OP, here is a Philip III Arrhidaios drachm that I am pretty sure is genuine, but I looked at thousands of them online and could not find a match.&nbsp; I posted this a while back without a response beyond you liking it (thanks again, Bing!)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/philip-iii-arrhidaios-drachm-need-some-help-with-symbols.326964/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/philip-iii-arrhidaios-drachm-need-some-help-with-symbols.326964/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/philip-iii-arrhidaios-drachm-need-some-help-with-symbols.326964/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macedonia-philip-iii-drachm-nov-2018-0-jpg.845355/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom&nbsp; &nbsp; Drachm</b></p><p><b>Philip III Arrhidaios </b></p><p><b>(c. 323-319 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Thrace-Kolophon mint ?</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin / FILIPPOU, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle &amp; scepter, F left, club (?) rt., knife (?) under throne.</p><p>Unattributed</p><p>(3.99 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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