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Philip I Antioch Eagle Tetradrachm

Specimen · philip-i-antioch-eagle-tetradrachm-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, seen from behind; ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ. The cropped beard, heavy jaw and long straight nose are the father's, not the boy's. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63062.

Reverse
Reverse — eagle standing right on a line, wings spread, wreath in its beak; ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑΤΟ Δ around, ANTIOXIA over S C in the exergue. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63062.

Grading Label

Grading Label
The NGC holder, front — label and obverse. SYRIA, ANTIOCH · Philip I, AD 244–249 · BI Tetradrachm · AU · certification 8748190-089. An older-style NGC Ancients label: no weight, no sub-grades. Heritage's credit strip trimmed from the bottom; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63062.

Grading Label Reverse
The NGC holder, back — the reverse through the plastic, with the holder's hologram and verification panel. Credit strip trimmed; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63062.

Attribution: Syria (Seleucis and Pieria). Antioch. Philip I (Marcus Julius Philippus, 'Philip the Arab'). AD 248/249 — the ΥΠΑΤΟ Δ ('consul for the fourth time') issue; RPC dates it c. 248, the house 'ca. AD 249' (reign 244–249). BI. tetradrachm.

Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, seen from behind

Reverse: Eagle standing right on a ground line, wings spread, wreath in its beak; ANTIOXIA above S C in the exergue

Weight: NO WEIGHT EXISTS FOR THIS COIN FROM ANY SOURCE, and now none ever will: the NGC label of this older style carries none, Heritage's cataloguing gives none, and the coin is sealed and staying sealed. RPC's average for the issue is 12.12 g on 27 mm. · 28 mm · axis 30°  Reference: Prieur 445

Formerly attributed: Heritage's lot description (Select Auction 232638, lot 63062) cites Prieur 474 and calls the bust 'Philip II' — the son's issue with the identical legends. NGC's label and the portrait say Philip I; see notes and the specimen page for the evidence.

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