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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 5476179, member: 87404"]A first year issue of Gordian III. Imagine being 13yo and coming into power in the craziness that was 238 and your grandfather and uncle both recently perished. <i>C'est la vie</i> in Rome!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fiomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F05%2Fincollage_20200506_123212903.jpg&hash=8f725acbb776da77ad2418ad65552e91" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><font size="3">Gordian III, Ruled 238-244 AD</font></b></p><p><b><font size="3">AR Antoninianus, Struck 238 AD</font></b></p><p><b><font size="3">Rome or Antioch mint</font></b></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC IV 3 or 189</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 22mm, 5.16g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 5476179, member: 87404"]A first year issue of Gordian III. Imagine being 13yo and coming into power in the craziness that was 238 and your grandfather and uncle both recently perished. [I]C'est la vie[/I] in Rome! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fiomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F05%2Fincollage_20200506_123212903.jpg&hash=8f725acbb776da77ad2418ad65552e91[/IMG] [B][SIZE=3]Gordian III, Ruled 238-244 AD AR Antoninianus, Struck 238 AD Rome or Antioch mint[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3]Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand. References: RIC IV 3 or 189 Size: 22mm, 5.16g[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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