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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5133465, member: 96898"]Good catch! Coins of Philip I and other 3rd century emperors are readily available, attractive, and often have interesting reverses. (On the tedious topic of grading: the three coins below are, at least in my eyes, good examples of what one might classify as EF, VF, and F.) [ATTACH=full]1204535[/ATTACH] Philip I “the Arab,” Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 244–247 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; bust of Philip the Arab, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: LAETIT FVNDAT; Laetitia, draped, standing l., holding wreath and rudder. 24.5mm, 4.37g. Ref: RIC IV Philip I 36. [ATTACH=full]1204537[/ATTACH] Philip I “the Arab,” Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 244–247 AD, Rome mint. Obv:  IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; bust of Philip the Arab, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. REV: ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma, helmeted, seated on shield l., holding Victory in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand; at side, altar. 21mm, 4.16g. Ref: RIC IV Philip I 45. [ATTACH=full]1204536[/ATTACH]Philip I "the Arab," Roman Empire, antoninian, 248 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, bust of Philip I, draped and radiate, r. Rev: P M TR P V COS III P P, Felicitas standing facing, head l, holding caduceus and cornucopia. 22mm, 3.84g. Ref: RIC IV,3 Philip I 6. [/QUOTE]