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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3391870, member: 97383&quot;]I&#039;ve been on the lookout for nice looking Tets of Philip II for about 5 years, &amp; if they&#039;re rare that will increase the interest. On January 12, 2017 I scored a rather nice looking example from a Heritage auction in a NGC slab, graded Ch XF, for $104.00 (buyers premium included), see photos below. The coin was listed by McAlee as Very Rare, #1064c, &amp; Prieur cited only 5 examples. The only drawback to the coin was granular surfaces, especially on the reverse, but for $104.00 I was happy with the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901078[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]901079[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly after acquiring this Tet I stumbled on another example of this coin on a <b>Vcoins </b>listing that was far superior to my coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, see photo below. The only drawback to the <b>Vcoins</b> example was the price of $569.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Several months later I returned to the <b>Vcoins </b>listing &amp; saw the same coin with the note RESERVED <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I was angry with myself for not trying to negotiate a better price with the seller <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901082[/ATTACH] </p><p>Last September while browsing thru the Heritage Signature auction I spotted another example of this same coin type in a NGC slab <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The coin was mistakenly described as a Tet of Philip I, McAlee 937 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, despite the correct attribution on the NGC slab. (NGC 4278563-002, MS*, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5), see photos below. My first thought was the cataloger confused this coin with another Tet of Philip I in the same auction, however, the only other coin of Philip I in this auction was a Tet from Alexandria, Egypt, &amp; there were no other examples in the auction of Philip II coins. So I guess it was just a stupid blunder <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. After comparing the Heritage example to the <b>Vcoins</b> example I realized they were the same coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Somehow after being sold from <b>Vcoins</b>, the coin was slabbed &amp; placed in the Heritage auction. I ended up with the coin for $432.00 (buyers premium included) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901088[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]901089[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve only seen one other example of this coin type posted in <b>Wildwinds.com</b>, from <b>Pagasi Numismatics</b>, from one of their auctions in 2014, see photo below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901090[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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