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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7679887, member: 85693&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk.&nbsp; That is a very nice Philip I antoninianus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your story about how you came by it, and an interest in collecting ancients is terrific - we get posts from time to time from people asking how to start out collecting ancients, and I think the way you did it is an example of the best way - your first purchase was something that caught your eye.&nbsp; After you bought it, you started reading about the coin, and you felt yourself drawn in.&nbsp; <i>That&#039;s</i> how you start a collection!&nbsp; In my experience, you can&#039;t really pre-plan these things.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Not to scare you off, but I looked up your coin on OCRE (Online Coins of the Roman Empire), searching for Roma seated types.&nbsp; There are five types.&nbsp; This database is very good, but it can be a little baffling at first (or so I found).&nbsp; But you can see a whole bunch of examples of your coin in one place: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Roma%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Antoninianus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Philip+the+Arab%22+AND+fulltext%3Aseated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Roma%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Antoninianus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Philip+the+Arab%22+AND+fulltext%3Aseated" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:&quot;Roma&quot;+AND+denomination_facet:&quot;Antoninianus&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Philip+the+Arab&quot;+AND+fulltext:seated</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is one like yours - not as nice as yours, I might add.&nbsp; As [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] notes above, the dies were often worn when these were struck - I think mine is a good example of this: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319124[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Philip I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(247 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome (5th Issue, 6th Offina)</b></p><p>IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma sitting left, holding Victory and sceptre.</p><p>RIC 44b; Sear 8952; RSC 169</p><p>(3.86 grams / 21 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, here is another one, with a different reverse type.&nbsp; Most of mine are white silver, as are most antoniniani of this era (from cleaning, I think).&nbsp; This one, however, is considerably toned.&nbsp; Your post gives me an excuse to show it off...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319123[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Philip I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(246-247 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(5th &amp; 6th Issue, 2nd Officina)</b></p><p>IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing left, holding cornucopia and scales.</p><p>RIC 27b; RSC 9.</p><p>(4.32 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy collecting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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