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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2010874, member: 44140&quot;]I wasn&#039;t looking for a Roman coin in particular but while searching I did come across a very nice Phillip the Arab I just couldn&#039;t pass up. The price was right and had been lowered several times. Why was no one interested in this coin? I don&#039;t know but man, I like it. I really like the nice fields and full heavy flan. The folks selling the coin on the &#039;bay apparently used a x-ray spectrophotometer to analyzed the constituents of the coin. The also mentioned that they had a state calibration certification for the scale used. Seems interesting so, I said &quot;why not, the coin is pretty cheap.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Analysis says....</p><p><br /></p><p>Ag = 69.47%</p><p>Cu = 28.88%</p><p>Pb = 0.84%</p><p>Au = 0.41%</p><p>Zn = 0.40%</p><p><br /></p><p>Check it out. </p><p><br /></p><p>I confirmed the attribution as </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, Italy</p><p>Philip The Arab </p><p>AR Antoninianus 24 mm x 4.3 grams</p><p>Obverse: IMP PHILLIPVS AVG Radiant, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip I.</p><p>Reverse: SAECVLARES AVGG-Tall thin cippus inscribe with COS III in two lines</p><p>Tall thin cippus inscribe with COS III in two lines</p><p>ref: RIC 24c, C193</p><p>Note: Celebrates the thousand years since the founding of Rome.Superb XF condition.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]362366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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