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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3696722, member: 96635&quot;]Very nice Augustus tetradrachm in the name and types of Philip I, with a great provenance and it is even a plate coin, and for that price, what a big win-win!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my lifetime issue of Philip I, minted in Cilicia, rather than Antioch.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dp1mI4S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Philip I Philadelphos (95 -75 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint 128 in Cilicia, most likely Tarsos, 88/7 - 76/5 B.C.</b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b></b> Diademed head of Philip I right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>Zeus seated left on throne, holding Nike and sceptre, laurel wreath border, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (“of King Philip, the Illustrious, Brother-Loving”) to left; two monograms to inner left and below throne, AN in exergue; all within laurel wreath.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>SC 2461.3; HGC 9, 1317.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicely explained [USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER], and interesting that you mention Philip II could have issued coins. I totally agree this is a possibility, especially when looking at the so called &#039;post humous&#039; (69-57 BC) issues. The portraits on these issue are very different from both the lifetime issues and the later Roman issues. The portraits of the later Roman issues look more like the portrait on the lifetime issues rather than the post humous issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>See an example of a post humous issue below (not mine) for comparison to my coin/[USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER] life time issues and [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] Roman issue.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/76000804.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The nickname of Philip II was Barypous (Βαρύπους), meaning &quot;Heavy-foot&quot; or &quot;Thick-foot&quot;. This could explain the above looking portrait. It looks like someone with goitre (swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland), and it seems even bulging eyes. This is easily explained because of all the incest that was happening in the Seleukid dynasty, causing Graves&#039; disease, which causes thyroid problems and eye swelling. Graves&#039; disease also causes edema, which explains his nickname &quot;heavy-foot&quot;, since edema (swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of fluid), mostly happens in the feet/lower legs (because of gravity).</p><p>So in other words, I think the so called &quot;post humous&quot; issues between the lifetime and Roman issues are actually from Philip II. It would be very interesting if this hypothesis could ever be researched.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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