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 Posted 01/25/2014  12:28 pm Show Profile   Check MetDet71's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add MetDet71 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I was taking some pics of some of my older stuff and was about to put this group on the bay when I noticed the bottom left reverse looks like someone riding an elephant to to left, or am I seeing things?



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Here is the front, just in case it helps,

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 Posted 01/25/2014  12:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like PHillip...not a SAECVLARES, is it?
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I think you are right, perhaps Philip I?
*edit* oh I see ben and I thought the same
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Very nice find.
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I can't make any of the reverse legend so don't know if it was for the games or not Ben, it's defo Philip, the visible part of the legend 'ILIPPUSAVG'. Had to check on the elephant though, didn't trust my eyes lol.
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It does indeed appear to be Philip I.
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Not only is it a Philip I with an elephant but it appears to be an 'As' not a sestertius.
Sear lists the As (9041) at $65 in F I would challenge you to find one. As a long time collector of bronze I know that starting with Septimius the As becomes increasingly hard to find at any price. I would hold off selling it or list it separately at a respectable price. While fairly low grade these just don't grow on olive trees !
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