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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2931223, member: 85693&quot;]Did you ever face an eBay &quot;Buy It Now&quot; situation where you thought you&#039;d better bid fast or someone else would swoop in and get it?&nbsp; I try not to succumb to this, but every once in a while I do.&nbsp; Sometimes I regret it...</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, the seller had good photos, but described it as a &quot;1/12th stater&quot; of Roman Emperor of Philip II (&quot;The Arab&#039;s&quot; son).&nbsp; That clearly wasn&#039;t correct.&nbsp; But I know very little about Greek fractionals, so frantically going through Google Image search, I found that its design matched Macedonian 1/12th staters of Philip II.&nbsp; Exciting, yes, but the problem is, the coin in question is made of silver, Philip&#039;s 1/12th staters are gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to Wikipedia, staters were typically silver, not gold, at least until the Macedonians came along, so this denomination in silver is plausible in a general Greek way. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found only one other example of this coin in silver, a current offering on eBay from a seller in Greece.&nbsp; Hardly reassuring!&nbsp; This example is fairly well photographed, is much more off center than mine, and shinier (mine is a bit dull - base metal or just toned, I&#039;m not sure) and weighs about the same.&nbsp; He describes his as an &quot;obol&quot; and a &quot;fractional.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/MACEDON-GREECE-ASIA-ALEXANDER-THE-GREAT-SILVER-FRACTION-or-KING-PHILIP-II-RARE/311882772767?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/MACEDON-GREECE-ASIA-ALEXANDER-THE-GREAT-SILVER-FRACTION-or-KING-PHILIP-II-RARE/311882772767?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/MACEDON-GREECE-ASIA-ALEXANDER-THE-GREAT-SILVER-FRACTION-or-KING-PHILIP-II-RARE/311882772767?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the coin was attractive, and it is struck (not cast - not proof against a fake, but better than nothing).&nbsp; So is this a phoney?&nbsp; Has anybody seen such a coin?&nbsp; Below are photos and my stab at attribution (based on gold examples I found on line). Any help greatly appreciated: </p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]711792[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]711793[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Macedonia - Philip II (?)</b></p><p><b>1/12 Stater in Silver (?)</b></p><p><b>(c. 359-336 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Pella Mint (?)</b></p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, thunderbolt above, facing lion&#039;s head below.</p><p>Sim. (but in gold):&nbsp; Le Rider 26; SNG ANS 209-15.</p><p>(0.86 grams / 9 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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