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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3266397, member: 103829&quot;]Dear PeteB!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coins. Especially the rev. of Philip I&amp;Otacilia is wonderful, with clear details. This type is very rare. I have only a corroded one. But here is the same type for Philipp II:</p><p><br /></p><p>Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 44. Philip II &amp; Serapis, Caesar AD 244-247</p><p>AE 27, 13.94g, 26.96mm, 30°</p><p>struck under governor Prastina Messalinus</p><p>obv. M I[OVLIOC] FILIPPOC KAI / CAR AVG</p><p>Confronted busts of Philip II, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, bare-headed, r., and Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, l.</p><p>rev. VP PRACT MECCALLEI[NOV MARK]IANOPOLEITWN (WN ligate)</p><p>Hermes, nude, stg. crooked l., looking facing, r. foot set on ram&#039;s head, l. arm with chlamys resting on r. knee; between his feet turtle on ground, behind him tree stump with kerykeion before</p><p>in r. field E (for pentassarion)</p><p>ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1209, pl.XVI, 25, rev. same die (2 ex., Philippopel, Sophia Tacchella revue num. 1893, 73, 23) </p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 2107</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No. 6.44.10.3 </p><p>rare, about VF, slightly rough</p><p>Pedigree:</p><p>ex coll J.P.Righetti, No.10008</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860502[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>About the use of AVG in the younger Philip compare Mommsen &#039;Römisches Staatsrecht 2, 1164, note 5. (Pick)</p><p><br /></p><p>The rev. shows the statue of the Sandal Binder of Lysipp. Sometimes called &#039;Jason&#039; or &#039;Cincinnatus&#039; in error. It was found in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=412&amp;pos=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=412&amp;pos=0" rel="nofollow">Hadrian</a>&#039;s Villa at Tivoli in 1769. Now it is in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek in Copenhagen. It is a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=55&amp;pos=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=55&amp;pos=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0066cc">Roman</span></a> version of a Greek bronze original of the 3rd century BC, probably by Lysipp. The correct interpretation as Hermes based on the description in the Ekphrasis of Christodoros of Koptos. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860505[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently von Mosch has published a work where he could explain that this statue shows Hermes rather loosening his sandals than fastening them. <a href="https://www.gmcoinart.de/upload/JNG_63_von_Mosch_1121.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gmcoinart.de/upload/JNG_63_von_Mosch_1121.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.gmcoinart.de/upload/JNG_63_von_Mosch_1121.pdf</a> (German)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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