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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2435664, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]506640[/ATTACH] </p><p>The face on the coin really strikes me as Philip I.&nbsp; My right facer is Philip II.&nbsp; Wildwinds shows more than one BMC 575 and all have a shield at the shoulder.&nbsp; Another point is Wildwinds does not comment on rarity on a regular basis.&nbsp; They post sale listings where some seller may claim a coin is Rare or misidentify it (I know they try to weed these out but some will slip through).&nbsp; Few dealers will advertise their coins as common so the word rare is not something to take to the bank.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=philip+bmc+575&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=philip+bmc+575&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=philip+bmc+575&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0</a></p><p>CNG has three of them on the above page but all are really Philip II with shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also have this Philip I which I believe is closer to your coin.</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=55804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=55804" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=55804</a></p><p>They have several shown perhaps too many to call them rare but the listing suggests that it was not exactly found in BMC which could mean they are not all that common either.&nbsp; I would call it a decent, although lower grade, coin and certainly less common than the right facing portraits.&nbsp; TIF is very correct in suggesting we worry less about such things.&nbsp; The overall type is ver common.&nbsp; To be rare, we have to look at lesser details like the radiate crown and left portrait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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