Gordian III denarius/Diana Lucifera reverse

@Bing lovely Lucifera reverses. To me it is one of the nicer reverse themes in 3rd century Imperial coinage.

I like my Alien Lucifera, but this one is still my favorite:

 

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Nice addition Sallent, and great coins all.

 

I never get tired of looking at Gordians.

Aequitas sest.


Farnese Hercules:

 

Congrats on another Gordian-III addition

Ummm, these are still my only Gordie-3 examples ...

 

We have seen the later Domna Diana type but she had a nice one from Laodicea while Septimius was alive as well.

 

Here is my Jupiter reverse Gordian III, Antoninianus toned 3.9gm, Rome 238 AD,
Sear 8614.

 

Just a simple AE Gordian III from me...


RI Gordian III 238-244 CE AE As 25mm Hercules S-C

 

Everytime I see @Sallents Gordians it makes me want to stop what I'm doing to get more than the couple I have. Now after seeing all the examples shown here my wheels are turning. (I'm trying to get time to reshoot my collection, spread out its gonna take some time).
I recently saw a nice G II, I think it's the first I've seen an in hand & not online or a photo. How rare are those I wonder?

 

Sallent, very nice Gordian lll, and cool coins all.

Doug

 

that's a fine looking ant sallent! man, sometime it's a huge pain in the hole to get color looking right on pictures. daylight seems to help...but sometimes it is just to intense or variable. here's on I took in daylight because the indoor color was off, my fav Gordian iii...




ANTIOCH PISIDIA, GORDIAN III 238-244 AD
O:Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right; R: Mên standing facing, head right, foot on a bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on a globe to the right, rooster to left "COL CAES ANTIOCH SR" SNG France 1207. 35 mm, 26.0 g.

 

Great coins all. I am Gordianless unfortunately. I need to do something about that.

 

Well I did it. I added another G III, Thanks guys
Now if I can remember this thread when it gets delivered.

 

Finally making some headway in reshooting my collection.
My 3 Gordian III

RIC IV 2
Jupiter with small figure of emperor

RIC IV 84 Jupiter

RIC IV 140 Felicitas 14th & last issue

Still hunting Diana Lucifera

 

The first one, I see you went very dark on it this time. I love your photos, and they are well done, but is there a reason why you went darker? In reality it is a pretty bright coin (see below).

 

It is bright.
I've been playing with a photo set up, still trying to find what works & what don't.
On that one in particular I have to much contrast. I noticed really after I posted it. I will be doing it again.
I was suprised how well the Felicitas turned out because that is what it looks like in hand or real close anyway.

 

@Smojo , if you like Gordian III so much, maybe one day between us we'll be able to put together an online page of every Gordian III reverse type out there. Personally I intend to collect one of every type of Denarius, Double denarius, Sestertius, and As that can be reasonably acquired. I know a few rarer types might eludes me, but I do hope to have as substantial a collection as an average person can hope to put together of that Emperor. As far as provincial coinage for Gordian III, I'll leave that to someone else.

It doesn't have to be anything fancy either, whenever possible a F or VF example is fine for some of the rarer and more expensive types for that emperor.

Of course, I don't want to pigeonhole myself into Gordian III though, as there are far too many types of coins of other Emperors, Greek City-states, Near East empires, and medieval kingdoms that interest me and I still wish to collect (I'll always be a generalist collector at heart), but I want Gordian III to be a long term side specialty (does that make sense?)

 

@Sallent there are many I'd love to get. It would definately be long term.
There are so many ancient coins 400/500 BC to 300 AD that fascinate me so.

The Empresses have my focus at the moment but I don't expect to finish that before a couple of years, because I lack the discipline to keep from getting side tracked.

I think a page on Gordian is do able but long term (year or so) is achievable.
There is a G III Pax reverse I've had my eye on for sometime as well as Gordian on horseback which is suposed to be rare but see them online quite often.

 

I know which reverse you refer to. Yes, the reference catalogs say is rare, but a lot of these catalogs we rely on were compiled in the 30's, 40's, or 50's, and since then new hoards may have been found, or a museum might have released coins it was holding, so what once may have been rare for some coins, they are now available in decent qualities. But since no one updates these reference catalogs, the incorrect info stays.

Just look at the catalogs we often refer to. Most of them are out of print and a paper copy goes for obscene money, and hardly anyone is rushing to put out new reference catalogs.

 

Diana Lucifera theme is a fun set to put together. I've only four of them so far. Here they are :


Faustina junior, Denarius Rome mint, AD 161/175
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
DIANA LVCIF, Diana Lucifera standing left
Ref : RCV #5250



Julia Domna, Denarius Rome mint, AD 214
IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right
DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana Lucifera standing left holding long torch in hands
3.32 gr, 18 mm
Ref : RCV # 7100, RSC # 32, RIC IV-1 # 375a



Plautilla, Denarius Rome mint, AD 205
PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair waved & drawn down on neck
DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing left, holding torch in both hands.
3.3 gr
Ref : RIC IV # 366, Cohen # 13, RCV #7070
See G&M auction # 170/2507, same dies



Gordian III, Denarius Rome mint, AD 240
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate and draped bust right
DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding lighted torch in hands
3,08 gr
Ref : RSC # 69, RCV # 8673


And for the fun of it, my gigantic 25 mm/7 grams Gordian III antoninaus


Gordian III, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 243
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
SECVRITAS PERPETUA, Securitas standing left, holding scepter and resting on column
6,95 gr, 25 mm
Ref : RIC #153, RCV #8661, Cohen #336
Ex FORVM ancient coins

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