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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8245202, member: 26430&quot;]<b>12 Hour Rule on this one: </b></p><p>Unfortunately I have no non-Alexandrian RPC post-Decius, but here&#039;s a favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II looking very mature for an 8-year old! I&#039;ll give it a full post some day, but it&#039;s historically interesting for its reference to the city&#039;s <i>Neokoros</i> status and the Second Pythian Games (the local ones, a big deal for the city, not the primary Pythian Games at Delphi), and for its illustration of the temple which is the most detailed for this issue, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69113" rel="nofollow">RPC 69113</a> (showing what I believe to be many <i>Rhyta </i>- crossed tusks - drinking horns for decorations, indicating a temple of Kabeiros, in whose honor the Kabeiric Pythian Games of Thessalonica were held, sanctioned by Apollo according to imagery on other coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if it was Nick Economopoulos, but whoever was running Pegasi must&#039;ve liked this coin, since they put it in like half a dozen or more Buy-Bid-Sales unsold without lowering the est./opening bid! I grabbed it as soon as they passed it along to a CNG e-Auction (for what I deemed a shockingly low bid, <i>way</i> below my max):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451901[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>PHOTO CREDIT: <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=33342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=33342" rel="nofollow">CNG</a> and RPC Online</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman Provincial / Greek Imperial. Philip II (Caesar), under Philip I (Augustus). Macedon, Thessalonica. Second Pythian Games issue. AE Tetrassarion</b> (26.5mm, 11.23g, 7h). Struck <i>circa</i> 246 CE.</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: · ΜΑΡ · ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ · ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ · ΚƐ (·) – <i>Mar(cus) Julius Philippus Ca(esar)</i>. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II facing right, seen from rear.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚƐΩΝ ΝƐΩ / ·ΠΥΘΙΑΔΙ· / ·Β· – <i>Of the Thessalonians, Neo(korate) / Pythian Games / #2</i>. Temple (of Kabeiros?) with four side columns, on podium, to right, seen in 3/4 perspective. [On temple detail, see below.]</p><p><b>References</b>: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69113" rel="nofollow">RPC VIII (Temp.) 69113</a> (<i>this coin illustrated</i>) ; Touratsoglou (Thessaloniki, 1988) 62 (Philip II); Varbanov (vol III, 2007) 4740; Moushmov –.</p><p><b>Provenance</b>: Ex-<a href="https://archive.org/details/auctionofceltica00dixn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/auctionofceltica00dixn" rel="nofollow">Dix, Noonan, Webb A7 (17 Mar 2009)</a>, Lot 1235; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=766520" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=766520" rel="nofollow">Pegasi MBS 22 (20 Apr 2010) Lots 383</a> (and later Pegasi/VAuctions sales through 2020); <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=33342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=33342" rel="nofollow">CNG e-Auction 489 (7 Apr 2021), Lot 272</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>NEXT: YOUR FAVORITE OR MOST INTERESTING NON-ALEXANDRIAN PROVINCIAL COIN OF THE 3rd CENTURY....</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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