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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4571420, member: 97383&quot;]Neither of these coins are high-grade beauties but they are significant rarities <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The 1st coin pictured of Philip II as Caesar, is the 1st issue of the young prince and listed as #1006 in Richard McAlee&#039;s book <b>The Coins of Roman Antioch</b>. The 2nd coin is one of the few examples of Philip II as Augustus that identifies the 3rd officina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131895[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antioch - Syria, Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-249 (struck AD 244). Billon Tetradrachm: 10.7 gm, 26.8 mm, 7 h. </b>Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Philip II, facing right, seen from the front. Reverse: Eagle standing on palm branch, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak. McAlee 1006, V. Rare. The unusual letter spacing on the reverse, with the gap between the <b>P</b> and <b>X</b> is not listed by McAlee, but is pictured by Michel Prieur, #331. Only 3 examples cited by Prieur.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131899[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antioch - Syria, Philip II as Augustus, AD 247-249 (struck AD 249), Officina 3. Billon Tetradrachm: 12.3 gm, 26.85 mm, 6 h. </b>Obverse: Laureate bust facing right, seen from behind, 3 dots under bust. Reverse: Eagle standing left,head left, wreath in beak. McAlee 1064 (c), V. Rare. Prieur cites 5 examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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