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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7812013, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s some mighty fine acquisitions you got there, [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>A while back I got a pair of those big Philips from Antioch, one of which I think is McAlee 977 like yours - these can be a bit of a challenge to attribute, what with all the variations (radiate and laureate here): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342266[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><b>Philip I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 8 Assaria</b></b></p><p><b><b>Syria, Antioch ad Orontem </b></b></p><p><b><b>(244-249 A.D.)</b></b></p><p>AVTOK KM IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust r. / ANTIOXƐΩN MHTΡO KOΛ<u>ΩN</u>, Tyche bust right, ram leaping right above, Δ-Є S-C, across fields, star below bust.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(11.75 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Attribution Note: Radiate bust right, seen from rear / Tyche bust right with star below.&nbsp; Note:&nbsp; This specimen has ligate reverse legend:&nbsp; ...KOΛ<u>ΩN</u></p><p>McAlee 990; RPC VIII 7493.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Philip I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 8 Assaria</b></p><p><b>Syria, Antioch ad Orontem </b></p><p><b>(244-249 A.D.)</b></p><p>AVTOK KM IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust r. / ANTIOXƐΩN MHTΡO KOΛΩN, Tyche bust right, ram leaping right above, Δ-Є S-C,</p><p>across fields, star below bust.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(11.94 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Note:&nbsp; </b>Laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right, <b>seen from rear</b> /</p><p>Tyche bust right <b>with star below</b>.</p><p>McAlee 977; RPC VIII 7494.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was a relief to see that I still possess the World&#039;s Worst Roman Provincial Three Graces coin - I definitely prefer your &quot;wonky flan.&quot;&nbsp; Here it is, with a particularly dour Julia Domna glowering disapprovingly at what&#039;s left of the three Graces: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342268[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Domna&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(193-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis</b></p><p>IOYΛIA Δ[O]MNA CЄB, draped bust right / [MAPKIA] NO[Π]OΛЄITΩN, Three Graces standing facing, first holds an amphora, third holds a wreath.</p><p>AMNG 605 var. (obv. legend); Varbanov 887 var. (same).</p><p>(6.14 grams / 23 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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