I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether this antoninianus was minted in antioch or rome? also, it was sold to me as a philip the first coin, but the portrait looks almost identical to some of my philip II tetradrachmai from syria.... I just love the reverse, 'SAECULUM NOVUM' apparently this series celebrates the millenium of the city of rome, so I'm told... so quite interesting. Sorry for the bad lighting in the pictures....
and the black spot on the reverse to the right of the temple is a deposit of something, not a ding or gouge..
Just going off the portrait I agree, but this is an iffy period for me for roman coins and I dont know to much about them. Great looking coin though!
Thanks randy, I saw your nero tetradrachm in your gallery in your link, very nice... I've got a hadrian tetradrachm I need some info on that plan to start a thread about when I get some photos. I'm hoping to find out about this one first though.
Rex, searching the net it seems that many of these, primarily of Philippus I, were minted in Antiochia. Here is one I found for Philippus II minted in Antiochia. You can compare with your especimen to determine if it is similar. http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...VlVm+novVm&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1#14
I would say this is Antioch. Traditionally, Philip I is supposed to be bearded and Philip II is not but a lot of the eastern coins with no beard look too old to be junior so I'm never comfortable with the lack of beard as a certain sign. If I owned your coin, I'd probably catalog it as the son but I would not be comfortable with that decision. I'm hoping the next edition of RIC will shed light on this matter.
