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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4571430, member: 75937&quot;]It&#039;s always nice to find a rarity that others overlook. I&#039;m happy you were to recognize these rarities for what they are, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m struck by the similarity in the portrait style and lettering between the officina 3 example (bottom) and this one of Philip II from Zeugma in my collection. It&#039;s enough to make one wonder if Zeugma contracted the work to be done in Antioch:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-zeugma-peribolos-jpg.937630/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">Philip II, AD 244-249 (or 247-249).</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial Æ 28.0 mm, 14.93 g, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Syria: Commagene, Zeugma.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ZЄYΓMATЄΩN, tetrastyle temple, before which is a grove; colonnade on right and left; portico in front. Capricorn right in exergue.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: Sear 4142; BMC 40; Butcher 31c; SNC 60-62.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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