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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3439320, member: 19463&quot;]While PeteB rarely posts a coin I would not love to own, that Philip elephant sestertius is really some coin!&nbsp; I&#039;ll toss in two of the much more ordinary antoniniani sharing the type. One is from the mint at Rome [ATTACH=full]913191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>while the other is Eastern (Antioch?).&nbsp; Some will say this portrait is Philip II but the distinctions of these Eastern coins are not always as obvious as are those from Rome. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]913192[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CNG discussed the matter when they sold one very much like this.&nbsp; They called it a Philip II hybrid with reverse proper for Philip I.&nbsp; The questions: Where are the Eastern coins <u>of this style</u> bearing the bearded portrait considered proper for Philip I? Where are the Philip II coins from Rome?&nbsp; Are all the non-Rome mint elephants from the same mint (Antioch?) or is further study needed? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22772" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22772" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22772</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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