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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 1439226, member: 26430&quot;]Haha, yes indeed! How right you are.</p><p><br /></p><p>And <b>thank you</b>! </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think it&#039;s interesting that even as long ago as the time of Philip the V (late 4th BC, thereabouts) the &quot;Danubian Celts&quot; were making more of the Strymon or Posseidon (river or water god) coins with Tridents on the reverse, and that some of them look much better than the Macedonians&#039;. (Some look a lot worse, too, haha!) Also interesting that those two coins (the un/official Phlip V Tridents) were used interchangeably at the time, and that even today they have roughly the same value! (I just sold a lot of three, two imitative, one official, to a private client, who was very happy them.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I resumed lightly tooth-brushing and tooth-picking the reverse after your first comment, and, indeed, there is an obvious VICTORIA at the start of the legend. The centerpiece is actually coming out well too--the altar and shield. Too risky to keep going in search of a PR on the shield, but the altar clearly has a diamond shape with pellets around it. There is exquisite jibberish in the exergue. And traces of the original silvering are quite apparent. They must have used a very strong alloy and the coin must have been preserved in just the right circumstances, since this patina and flan are like a clam-shell! I&#039;ll try to get a closeup on the rev and upload...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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