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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24820880, member: 26430&quot;]If you&#039;re going to get one of the Philip Staters, get one from the Magnesia mint! They had some beautiful dies. This reverse is 100% perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Philip type AV Stater. I have long planned to get one, should probably trade in for one of my Carthage EL Staters (I have two of those) and a couple Roman/Byz Solidi.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have an Alexander III type AV Stater, probably a bit posthumous, around this time, but from an uncertain mint (my vote would be Salamis).</p><p><br /></p><p>Could use a better photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588976[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a Lysimachos from the Magnesia mint with the same &quot;bee&quot; control symbol, as it&#039;s always described. (And somewhere I have the Alexander Drachm from Magnesia with the same control symbol.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, I&#039;m not convinced it isn&#039;t supposed to be a &quot;fly&quot; (which I would consider much more interesting!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588977[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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