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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2704108, member: 32619&quot;]Sweet score [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>The kabobs I&#039;m used to were much different...anyway...this forum has been a huge influnce on my collecting habits as well. In fact if it wasn&#039;t for the historically interesting and amazing coins of this fine community, I may not even collect ancients! </p><p><br /></p><p>I love ancient history and I&#039;m also extremely interested in military history in general. I don&#039;t have your coin, but I have some coins that really spoke to me from each of those collecting themes I&#039;ll share that are relevant here:</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the two coins I purchased that made me a &quot;serious&quot; ancients collector:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-16-philip-i-felicitas.3142/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Philip I, AD 244-249</p><p>AR, Antoninianus, 3.7g, 21.5mm; 1h; Rome, AD 247 </p><p>Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right Rev.: P M TR P IIII COS II P P; Felicitas standing left holding caduceus &amp; cornucopia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a Philip that crossed into the military collection:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-90-phillip-i-viminacium-moesia.3836/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Philip I, AD 244-248</p><p>AE, 15.1g, 28mm; 6h; Viminacium, AD 248</p><p>Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; laureate, draped, &amp; cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: P M S COL VIM; Moesia standing, looking left between bull and lion</p><p>In Ex.: AN VIIII</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a military standard reverse that I really like, that has nothing to do with Philip, and will hopefully make [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] have a strong swing of some cheap or tasty Cuban booze:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-46-constantine-i-legionary-standards.3705/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Constantine I, AD 306-337</p><p>AE, Follis, 4.48g, 22mm; 6h; Rome, AD 312-313</p><p>Obv.: IMP CONSTANTNVS PF AVG; laureate draped bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev.: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI; legionary eagle between two vexilla</p><p>In Ex.: R P[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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