My Philip II

For a while I was on hunt for a nice Philip II since I had the son but was missing daddy

here it is as I wanted with nice crystallization surface I find this type of crystallized surfaces very appealing although most people might find it not as appealing.

 

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Very nice! I only have bronze examples of this ruler:


Philip II of Macedon
AE 6.30 gm; 18.6 mm
Obv: Diademed head of Apollo, r.
Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback r.; thunderbolt below
Refs: Drama hoard 43

 

@Roman Collector Nice coin ! It still preserves most of details and bust is also good.

 

Nice !

Same here, nothing more to show


Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II
Head of Apollo right
PHILIPPOY, horse and rider ging right
7.25 gr, 18 mm
Ref : Sear #6698

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Very nice.
I have owned a few.

The more usual youth on horseback



And the left facing rider

 

All with different control marks

 

@maridvnvm very nice coins congrats!
@Bing is yours philip II lifetime issue? because the bust looks Alexander bust

 

@arashpour, that is the best rendition of Paul Revere I have seen yet!

 

@PlanoSteve who is Paul revere I googled it seems he was a silversmith but didn't get what you meant by referrng to him.

 

My only Phil II.

 

Makedon Philip II Tet Pella LIFETIME 353-349 Zeus Horse star spearhd Le Rider 102

 

Charles: Is yours an AR 1/5th Stater? Sear 6691; LeRider 43/4

Mine:

Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1
EX: @fsrcoin

 

Sorry, well very briefly, he is famous for his ride through the countryside, during the American revolutionary war, to warn colonists that the British were coming.

He is usually displayed like your coin, with cape & colonial headgear, on a magnificent steed. (Yes, he was a silversmith & is famous for that also.)

 

@PlanoSteve Interesting I didn't know . I thought you were trying to say it is an old 18th century fake make by him since he was a silversmith

 

@Alegandron , @Roman Collector , @PlanoSteve I just found a coin very very similar than mine was condemned fake by a group called "Fake Ancient Coins Sellers on Ebay" in facebook if you have access please go to facebook search for this user and go to his post on December 11 2017 he condemned the below coin as fake. To me this coin has the very similar feature as mine and also has crystallized brittle surface and I am quite sure I read that is a good indication of authenticity please correct me if I am wrong. or maybe this guy in facebook doesn't know what he is talking about ? :

https://www.facebook.com/fakeancientcoinssellersonebay/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/036-Greek-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

@Alegandron . My coin is not silver. I remember Ardatirion believes it's genuine but harshly cleaned.

 

Yea I was thinking it looked a bit strange the surface ... I was thinking it was a fourree

 

No, sorry. I re-read my post & can see how you might infer that. And further, I have never read or seen anything that would connect Revere to anything numismatic!

 

@PlanoSteve Thanks to provide more background on him!

 

Of my various Philip II coins this is the only one I know to be lifetime.