Happy Birthday, Gordy!

Today is the birthday of our favorite affordable emperor, Gordian III.

We all have coins of his, share away!

 

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GORDIAN III AE26
OBVERSE: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡ∆ΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛ/ΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina
REVERSE: ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΓΧΙΑΛΕ/ΩΝ, Tyche or Homonoia standing left wearing modius, patera in right, cornucopia in left
Struck at Anchialus, 238-244 AD
12.44g, 26mm
AMNG II 675


GORDIAN III AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: LIBERALITAS AVG III, Liberalitas standing left with abacus & cornucopia
Struck at Rome, 240AD
4.6g, 21mm
RIC 67

 

I'm a closet collector of Gordian III. I know they're a dime-a-dozen, but I like them. I won't post them all, just the three I collected last year...

 

III cheers for Gordian ...

=> hip-hip-hooray, hip-hip-hooray, hip-hip-hooray!!


Gordian III AR Antoninianus
238-244 AD
Gordian III & Providentia



Syria, Decapolis, Gadara
238-244 AD
Gordian III & Galley w. Oarsmen

 

Gordy with Abgar X, a provincial from Edessa, Mesopotamia.

 

Great coin TIF. Love the design and the coloring.

 

Man, I love that Abgar the Conehead coin. Outstanding!

 

Wow Bing, I'm lovin' your current avatar (I changed mine so that we could hang-out together)

Cheers, Brother

 

Just like old times, eh?

 

Wow TIF => that coin is killer (very sweet)

... curious, have I seen that baby before?

 

I just bought one today so technically I don't have one yet, but nice coins.

 

Thanks, SteveO! I posted it in late 2013. It came from one of those large mixed lots-- the Goldberg lot (although in the original posting I mistakenly said it came from the Stack's lot).

 

Huh, it's kinda funny (and not ha-ha funny) ... typically, Gordian III coins are quite inexpensive and therefore everybody has some real sweeties ... but sadly, I think my Gordian III examples are amongst the bottom-dwellers (I wonder what I was thinking at the time?) ... oh, and there aren't any animals? (wha?)

... maybe I should try to upgrade my Gordie-III collection?

 

For an emperor whose coins are plentiful and inexpensive I should get some too. I might have a ho-hum denarius from a the Stack's lot but given the prices of these, I should spring for a much better example. It's time for both of us to go coin shopping, wheeeee!

 

Huh? ... apparently you're a fricken bad influence, my girl friend ....

=> together, we could have the best collection "ever" (but sadly, we'd have to bury it in the sand behind our dumpster-apartment!!)

 

Bad influences are what draw us men to women. Or was that the other way around?

In any case that safe of yours won't be big enough.