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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2594993, member: 76194&quot;]This beautiful coin was a gift from my Secret Santa. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am. First, I&#039;ve made a handful of comments in the past about how much I wanted one of these tets with the imperial eagles, but they were relatively few, which means this person must have dug through a bunch of my comments to arrive at this. It was very thoughtful and far surpassed any of my expectations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, Philip I has an interesting connection to Antioch. For many centuries after his death, there have been rumors that Philip I was a Christian. Although he probably wasn&#039;t one, he definitely went out of his way to treat them nice. It was at Antioch where Philip I and his wife attempted to celebrate Easter with the Christians, but the bishop forced the Emperor to stand alongside the penitents during the ceremony instead of in the good seats. Apparently being the most powerful man in the world did not impress the Bishop of Antioch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a million Secret Santa. He even gave me a second coin (a modern silver one) but if I show it then you&#039;ll know who he is, so I&#039;ll leave that one out. But man, what an amazing package.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565413[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It does have mild porosity all over, but I hear that&#039;s common with the billon coins&nbsp; of the period, and either way it is still an amazing coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is my Philip I antoninianus which was my only Philip I until now:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is my &quot;Mr. Spock&quot; Philip...doesn&#039;t he look like Spock from the new Star Trek movies?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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