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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7964641, member: 57495&quot;]Great post, Curtis!&nbsp; The best Liberalitas I have is on this dupondius of Trajan Decius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380913[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Dupondius. 12.53g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 249-251. RIC 120c (scarce); Cohen 72. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. R: LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing front, head to left, holding counting-board in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left; S-C in field.</p><p><i>Ex G.G. Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The die engraver of my Gordie III also commiserates.&nbsp; He went with LIBERATAS. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380914[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AR Antoninianus. 4.02g, 22mm. Rome mint, early AD 239 - early 240.&nbsp; RIC IV 67 var. (reverse legend misspelled LIBERATAS instead of LIBERALITAS, error not recorded in RIC, but cf. Gemini Auction IV (8 Jan 2008) lot 460 for another example from same rev die).&nbsp; O: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; R: LIBERATAS (sic!) AVG III, Liberalitas standing front, head left, holding counter in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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