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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2043954, member: 19463"]There are a lot of Philip Augustus coins that are less than certain as to which numeral is appropriate. There are some I believe are the father that show no beard (the traditional separator) and some that just seem intermediate. We do the best we can. If you want a certain Philip II just get a Caesar like that lovely sestertius in the bottom row of Cucumbor's group. </p><p>A few of my favorite Philip II's:</p><p><br /></p><p>The splitting headache coin from Marcianopolis. I always liked the way the city name was continued in the right field. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]373849[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch tetradrachm as Caesar[ATTACH=full]373850[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antioch AE as Augustus </p><p>[ATTACH=full]373851[/ATTACH] </p><p>Eastern mint IDed only by young face</p><p>[ATTACH=full]373852[/ATTACH] </p><p>Officina 3 was junior's whether it was shown by III or gamma:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]373853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2043954, member: 19463"]There are a lot of Philip Augustus coins that are less than certain as to which numeral is appropriate. There are some I believe are the father that show no beard (the traditional separator) and some that just seem intermediate. We do the best we can. If you want a certain Philip II just get a Caesar like that lovely sestertius in the bottom row of Cucumbor's group. A few of my favorite Philip II's: The splitting headache coin from Marcianopolis. I always liked the way the city name was continued in the right field. [ATTACH=full]373849[/ATTACH] Antioch tetradrachm as Caesar[ATTACH=full]373850[/ATTACH] Antioch AE as Augustus [ATTACH=full]373851[/ATTACH] Eastern mint IDed only by young face [ATTACH=full]373852[/ATTACH] Officina 3 was junior's whether it was shown by III or gamma: [ATTACH=full]373853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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