Gordian III NP I Just Couldn't Pass

I know we have shown and re-shown our GIIIs a lot lately, but here is one I purchased a couple of months ago. It came with and old hand printed envelope.

GORDIAN III
AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: CONCORDIA AVG - Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia
Struck at Rome, 239-240 AD (3rd Issue, 3rd Officina)
3.47g, 22mm
RIC IViii, 35, page 19 - Cohen 50




I just couldn't pass it up, so show coins you just couldn't pass up because of any reason that comes to mind.

 

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nice lookin' coin bing! i always like to get an old envelope with my coin also, got a cool one today.

here's a gordian iii didn't really want, the dealer sent it to me as a consolation prize when he didn't have the coin i actually ordered. i was glad it got it when i finally had it in hand, nicer than the coin i ordered...

 

I have always found Gordian III interesting because there are (at least) two contradictory accounts of how he died. He may have been killed by his army while campaigning in the East, Philip the Arab may (or may not) have had a role, but interestingly Persian records record a battle in which Gordian died. This battle is not recorded by the Romans.

 

I also happen to have an old flip, for my Constantine VII:



I assume the "9-26-92" is the date the words in pen were written (only months after I was born, actually). Would that have been a day that this was in an auction and sold, maybe?

Here is the coin itself:

Constantine VII, Byzantine Empire
AE follis
Obv: CONST bASIL ROM, bust facing, crowned, with short beard and wearing vertical loros, holding akakia and cross on globe
Rev: +CONST-EN QEO bA-SILEVS R-OMEON, legend in four lines
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 913-959
Ref: SB 1761 (overstruck on SB 1760)



My bad for digressing with my Constantine VII. I don't have a Gordian to share unfortunately.

 

Any coin you couldn't pass on for any reason. Nice one @ValiantKnight

 

,,,Goldman?!? hmm..

 

Lovely addition Bing! A nice portrait on that one.

Also, I'm glad to see the envelopes are being kept with the coins.

 

Congrats on scoring that sweet Gordie-III, big bro ... winna

 

Wonderful addition!

When I first saw this coin at the local shop I had to get it. It was one of the first nice ancients I bought.


1Gordian III AR Antoninianus. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing right with wreath & rudder . RSC 121.
4.7 g.

 

I was very pleased with my Gordian III reverse ROMA , had to have it.
the child Gordian was made emperor by the Praetorian guard at age 15, 6 years later at age 21 was killed by them. Praetorian guard the dark force of the Roman empire.

 

Very nice Bing. Glad you got one you like and with an old envelope.

 

But, Bing, 'coins I couldn't pass up' is pretty much all of my coins . Now, whether or not there was a reason to the mad compulsion to acquire, that's quite another story...

I really like your new G3... it's a handsome example with lots of eye appeal and toning. My RIC 35:

I also like the handwritten envelope. Here's a Licinius follis that I still keep in its old dealer's envelope.

 

Cool choice @Bing !!!

Like 'Zumbly', all of my purchases were coins I just had to have--at least at the moment I pulled the trigger---but this one jumped out at me because of the sharp details and was the 'prettiest' coin I owned when I bought it:

chalkidian league tetrabol, apollo and chitara 432-348 bc. 2.36 grams Sng ans 528

 

Easy to see why you couldn't pass on that one, Mikey. It's absolutely stunning.

 

My favorite envelopes are the Bavarian Collection ones not only hand written but crafted from scrap paper. I have a page:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac16.html


Constantius II AE2 Centenionalis from the Bavarian Collection (#2799)
Siscia mint, 3rd officina, Cohen 142 (3 francs value)
The envelope was cut from old letter with partial postage stamp remaining. Inside was a piece of green card stock with details dated 20 June 1917.

Read the Celator article:
http://www.ancientimports.com/images/upload/bavarian.jpg

 

I guess that was bad wording on my part. You're right. Every coin is hard to pass up.