Looking For Info On This Roman Coin.

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Tempuss77 Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 01/24/2012 12:54 am I won this coin at an auction. It was in a lot with several other coins. I don't know anything about ancient roman coins, so any info or history y'all could give me on this coin would be great. Thanks. Sorry for the reflection in the hair of the first coin. Report this Post to the Staff

maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 01/24/2012 03:55 am Your coin appears to be a modern base metal copy/imitation of a Gold Stater of Philip II of Macedonia. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. Charioteer driving fast biga r. holding reins in l. hand and goad in r., trident below and ΦIΛIΠΠOY in ex. Regards, Martin Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 01/24/2012 04:05 am Actually, I have a gold stater of Philip 11 of Macedon. (Came from Spink's London, in 1979.) I also have a bronze hemi obol of Macedon as well. The obverse type is the same, the reverse type looks similar, but it IS different. The reverse type is of a naked youth riding a prancing horse right (on my coin). My coin is in about the same condition as the one pictured, and I paid AU$24 for it, in 1988. Edited by sel_69l 01/24/2012 05:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/24/2012 11:07 am I suspected the date was completely off--it looks nothing like a late Roman coin. Is there any chance it's a genuine bronze hemi obol? Larger pics would help. Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 01/24/2012 11:14 am The AE coins do nor have the biga reverse. They have the yout on horse left or right type. This reverse is from the gold stater and thus not seen on AE types as far as I am aware. Martin Report this Post to the Staff
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