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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 24710465, member: 83845"]That is a great portrait on that Sestertius. In my opinion Philip I has the best bang for buck when it comes to affordable high-style portraits. After his reign the art of coin portraits starts to degenerate rapidly IMO. My favorite Philip coin has a solid portrait and type but is really interesting for the provenance. [ATTACH=full]1579373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1579374[/ATTACH] Roman EmpirePhilip I the Arab (AD 244-249)AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 245Dia.: 23 mmWt.: 4.36 gObv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev.: ADVENTVS AVGG; Philip on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spearRef.: RIC IV 26bEx David Kallai (ca. 1908-1924) with old tag; Ex arnoldoe Collection, AMCC 2, lot 194 (Nov. 9, 2019). I have bought a few D. Kallai catalogs hoping to decode the way the numbering scheme on the tag worked but I still haven’t figured it out. I’m not sure what the 94 and 76 stood for. I’ve seen other tags where the number in blue has been crossed out and another number written.  I’ve been meaning to make a FORVM post asking for help but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Either way there is a lot of story behind this provenance but it’s a sad one.[/QUOTE]