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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3744265, member: 19463&quot;]What is the line across the head on the OP coin?&nbsp; Flan flaw, die crack, damage?&nbsp; Mine is a three dot from Brian Kritt in September 2001 at a Baltimore show.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The same day and dealer provided me with this Philip II Caesar tet from Antioch.&nbsp; It is not nearly as nice due to lamination/roughness on the portrait which made it only $45 compared to the Decius at $65.&nbsp; If there was a large find of these, I would suspect it would date back to the Kern to Berk sale of the OP coin. Jonathan Kern (in those pre-slab days) always had huge bags of silver you could buy by the piece or by the bag. I selected most of my coins due to interest rather than grade and considered the young Philip different from the bulk coins of that period that everyone seemed to have. I could always say Philip II had acne and my coin was the rare one that showed it. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004222[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Opinion: This may be a sign that the coins did not circulate all that much as individuals but were stored by the potful so the ones we have should be free from wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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