Ancients => eh-heh-heh => Got myself a sweet Gordie Rookie Card

I didn't find any examples of this baby on Wildwinds, and I only found "1" other example on the CNG research archives .... yup, apparently this lil' sweetie is kinda like a Gordie Howe rookie card!? ... or perhaps a Gordian Howe III rookie card?!

... I also thought the coin had great eye-appeal ...

Hope you like it (I love it!!)

Gordian III, Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia AE21
238-244 AD
Dated RY 4 (AD 240/1)
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 8.24 g
Obverse: AV K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate head right
Reverse: MHT PO KAI B N, calathus containing five grain ears
Reference: Sydenham, Caesarea; SNG Hunterian; SNG von Aulock; SNG Righetti; Lindgren & Kovacs; Lindgren III; MPR II
Other: VF, some cleaning marks … extremely rare
… apparently an unrecorded type for Gordian III






.... kinda cool, eh?

Cheers

 

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Oh, how rude of me ...

=> please post any coins that you want!! ... certainly any cool Gordian examples or any sweet coins with "flowers, plants and/or grains" on 'em!!

 

Huh? ... apparently a "calathus" is kinda like a flower pot

=> see, you dudes may have learned a new word today (collecting coins is ejacational)

 

Interesting coin, and lovely grade! It makes you wonder how many provincials are floating around that haven't gotten into the books...

 

Okay, well I'll toss-in another coin with some shrubbery ...

Herod Agrippa I AE Prutah
Date: 41-42 AD
Diameter: 17.2 mm
Weight: 2.5 grams
Obverse: Canopy, legend around
Reverse: Three ears of grain

 

=> how 'bout this for a good ol' grain ear?

Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Siglos Bull
c. 340-320 BC
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 5.31 grams
Obverse: KALC (KALX) Kalchedon/Calchedon? … Bull standing on grain ear
Reverse: “mill-sail" incuse
Reference: SNG Cop 348

 

that a great provincial stevex....the color is great. is it blue like that in hand?

and a dated coin, that's also awesome.


here's a coin that kind of reminds me of yours, it's an unlisted provincial of elagablus, has a cool color, and had a pot of vegetation (a prize urn).

 

Very sweet coin, brother (I remember droolin' over that baby when you first posted it!!)

Oh, and I don't actually have this sweetie "in-hand' yet (as always, I'll try to remember to respond if and when it arrives at my frosty door)

 

I have an appalling lack of flora in my collection, but here's a plate of random Roman silver, two of which are ants of Gordian III, so sort-of on topic...

 

yup, that's certainly close enough, JA ... thanks for playin'

 

I don't collect flowers but thats a lovely coin. My Gordian coin is still in the mail, should be getting it any day now.

btw. who is Gordie Howe?

 

Steve, awesome coin, way awesome color...love it...

 

=> Gordie Who



Yah, that would have been a tiny bit funnier (not that I'm a judger)

 

Yah, I guess I took it for granted that everybody knows Gordie Howe (professional hockey player) ...

Ummm curious? => most of you ancient coin-buddies are from the States, correct?

I'm from Canada, eh?

Where y'all from?

 

Not that I don't know hockey, I just don't follow it like the other sports. But I'm from where the Rangers are from, and its not the baseball team.

 

HI. Here's a billon including some plants on the reverse. Emperor is Gallineus.

 

A pretty cool addition! Here some more Gordo AE

 

I wasn't sure where Cappadocia was located ... here is a map in case anybody else was also in the dark (cheers)

 

Great coin, Steve, I like it alot.

Gordy's wife wanted to make sure you boys were playing nice and brought some grain.


Cappadocia, Caesarea Year 7 = 244 AD
O: CAB TPANKVLLINA AVG,Diademed and draped bust right.
R: MHTP KAI B NE ET-Z, Six grain ears bound together.
6.1g
21mm
Syd 618

 

Great coin, Mat => six grain ears bound together, eh? (that's definitely a close-cousin to my new addition) ... thanks for posting it (I don't recall seeing that baby before?)

Cheers



TGIF, gang!!