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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3101846, member: 56859&quot;]I agree with the popular opinion here-- that portrait looks like an older person and I don&#039;t find the CNG argument persuasive.&nbsp; We&#039;ve all seen provincials which look nothing like the Roman portraits though, so it&#039;s hard to draw conclusions on portrait alone.&nbsp; Certainly the CNG catalogers know more than me so there are likely subtle points I&#039;m not understanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a beardless provincial of Philip I (unquestionably Philip I).&nbsp; He looks quite youthful.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipi-tet-alexandriaholdingserapis-rt-jpg.705075/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I</b></p><p>Regnal year 4, CE 246/7</p><p>Billon tetradrachm; 23mm, 13.4g</p><p>Obv: A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC ЄYC; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing facing, towered head left, holding bust of Serapis in right hand, vertical scepter in left; L Δ (date) across field.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3469.4; Dattari 4856 and 4857; Förschner (Frankfurt Museum) 973-975; Curtis 1320; Savio (Museum Osnabrück) 1895-1896; Dattari-Savio plate 257, coins 4856, 4857, and 10518</p><p><i>ex Eng Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Zach Beasley</i></p><p><i>ex Keith Emmett Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Decus 1986</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another Philip I from a different region:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thrace-deultum-philipi-beehive-jpg.411240/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Deultum. Philip I &quot;The Arab&quot;</b></p><p>CE 244-249</p><p>AE16, 3.05 gm</p><p>Obv: PHILIPPVS IMP M I; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield</p><p>Rev: C-F P-D in two lines across fields, beehive on a base</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3041 corr. (rev. description; Varbanov describes the beehive as on a temple, similar to the known type of Philip II, but on this coin it appears to be a simple base or stand)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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