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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1222406, member: 5739&quot;]<b>Another Unknown Eastern Mint coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah.... I think it is from Antioch because of the lettering, specifically the &#039;M&#039; in &#039;M ANT GORDIANUS&#039; on the obverse like I said, the Antioch &#039;M&#039; and the Rome Mint &#039;M&#039; are noticeably different during this period if you look closely... one looks like two upsidedown &#039;V&#039;s together, the other looks more like two &#039;I&#039;s, one on either side with a right side up &#039;V&#039; between the two &#039;I&#039;s... all I can say is that it isn&#039;t from the Rome Mint....</p><p>&nbsp;I like it alot, and the reverse has some amazing detail in hand, the seller pic is nice, but I will get some better ones highlighting the reverse detail as soon as I can.</p><p>----------------------</p><p>Now this will interest <b>dougsmit</b> I also won, from the same seller, and for a very very small ammount of money, another &#039;SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS&#039; Philip I antoninianus from the Unknown Eastern Mint, it has a flan flaw, but a great sharp portrait is still well visible, I already have the same coin, in higher grade weighing over 5 grams, but this one was too good an opportunity to pass up, even for a flawed/damaged coin. Tell me doug, if you had to, and I know you wouldn&#039;t want it, but what price would you pay for this coin? I am not trying to sell it heh, just curious as to what the man who wrote the best paper I have ever read detailing the Unknown Eastern Mint Philip Coins that I love to collect would pay for one in this condition......</p><p>I also include photos of my higher quality version of the same coin, one of both obv and rev together, and one of the obverse alone, you shouldn&#039;t have any trouble telling which is which since the flan flaw on my new one is quite obvious.... now I just need the PAX FUNDATA CUM PERSIS, and all three of the reverses with the PM below the bust on the obv <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> not exactly an easy or cheap coin set to complete heh.</p><p>----</p><p>AD 244 Unknown Eastern Mint</p><p>Emperor Philip I - AR Antoninianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>obverse: IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG PM - radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>reverse: SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS - (English translation: &#039;Hope for a Happy World&#039;) - Spes (Hope) advancing left, holding flower in one hand and lifting skirt with the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>----[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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