A new Ancient for a new Ancient collector!

Good day to all! This is my 2nd Ancient coin. The first was a slabbed double Denarius of Faustina Sr. that my awesome Wife bought for me a couple months back. I collect coins of all types, but Ancients are a new (obsession) endeavor. This caught my eye,and I believe I won the auction at a good price. Getting a good pic was tough, the reverse was more so. I'm not showing the luster of the seller's pics, but in hand it is beautiful!! Much thanks to @Sallent for all the info after the purchase!


Philip I. A.D. 244-249. AR antoninianus
Rome mint, struck A.D. 246.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 27b; RSC 9

 

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Very nice, you do realize you'll never see the "light" again.
Of all the ancients I've collected over the past year I've yet to get the Roman Emporer Philip but I do however have a couple of the Macedonian Philip.
Different guy so I'll not post a pic. But deifinately congrats on a nice coin and welcome to this side of collecting.

 

That's a great second ancient coin! Way better than some lame old Krugerrand eh?

 

Welcome to the Darkside!

 

You are welcome. Glad you are happy with your new coin.

Here's mine!




Mr. Spock



Anyone else see the similarity between both? Maybe the crew of the Enterprise went back to Ancient Rome and Spock impersonated Philip I for a few months.

 

I forgot to say: This silver double Denarius is 23.5mm and weighs 4.2 grams.

 

That's a gorgeous OP Ant of Philip (the Arab)!! Congrats!!!

Sallents is a winner too!---Dang, Just thinking about having a few beers and I'm already seeing double

How about one of Junior??... Father and son 'holding court' while sitting on curule chairs

 

Wow, that's great!!

 

Very nice example, @Nathan401 . Here's one with Felicitas on the reverse.


Philip I The Arab, AD 244-249
Roman AR antoninianus 3.8g, 23mm, 12h
Rome mint, AD 248.
Obv.: IMP PHILLIPVS AVG; Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, from behind.
Rev.: P M TR P IIII COS II PP; Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Refs: RIC 5; Cohen 137; RCV 8946 var. (obv. legend).

 

Haha, I was just wondering how many more I could get if I traded a couple Krugerrands in!!

 

You don't need to trade even one gold coin. For very little money you can get a Philip II, the son of Philip I.

I don't remember exactly how much I paid for my Philip II, but it wasn't a lot.

 

Wonderful example @Nathan401 !

My only Philip I... got a few years ago. One of my first forays into Roman Empire, which is not an area that I focus:


RI Philip I 244-249 CE AR Ant radiate zoo Antelope 1000 yr anniv Rome

 

Heh, even if you only got bullion value for them, that would be about $2600 right now. That'll buy a lot of nice ancient coins! My first ancient coin cost me $120. My most expensive so far was around $1000. So, I would say you could get at least anywhere between 1 and 50 nice silver ancient coins in exchange for 2 Krugerrands.

 

This was one of two coins that I bought at the same time and turned me into a passionate and "serious" ancient coin collector:


Philip I, AD 244-249
AR, Antoninianus, 3.7g, 21.5mm; 1h; Rome, AD 247
Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right Rev.: P M TR P IIII COS II P P; Felicitas standing left holding caduceus & cornucopia.

My other Philip I was not purchased for the obverse portrait but for the city that issued them:


Philip I, AD 244-248
AE, 15.1g, 28mm; 6h; Viminacium, AD 248
Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right
Rev.: P M S COL VIM; Moesia standing, looking left between bull and lion
In Ex.: AN VIIII

Collecting ancients is just swell. Let the power of the Dark Side flow through you!

 

And if he were to add Late Roman Bronzes, chances are he could get even more coins. Quite a lot of choices in the Late Roman Bronze category for $30 and under.

 

Thanks everyone!! This is the first Ancient coin that I've actually touched. It's humbling to say the least. I saw the auction,and it just spoke to me. I'm definitely going to be picking up more peices. I also will learn to write better attributions with my pics, as I'm noticing I should have taken more time and done a proper write-up.

 

Hey no one goes to the Colosseum to look at it through a window!

 

Spectacular portrait, @Nathan401. Well done!!

 

Ditto! You can scarcely do better with the portrait. I'm looking forward to your next ancient purchases.

 

Great coin for a first ancient!