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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3410132, member: 44316"]Gordian III (238-244) often is clean shaven (or, too young to have sideburns). However, some of his last coins show sideburns and this one even hints at a beard:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]905446[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>24 mm. 4.42 grams.</p><p>IMP GORDIANVS FEL AVG</p><p>Bold sideburns with a light beard halfway down to his chin.</p><p>FORT REDVX, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopia [weak die and strike.] By the way, I wonder how NGC would number the strike? On this one the obverse and reverse have much different quality and it is not due to wear or surfaces, just the strike. But they give only one number to the strike. This coin is an argument that they should have individual numbers for each side. For me, this might be a "Strike 5/2."</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 143. "244" [his last year][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3410132, member: 44316"]Gordian III (238-244) often is clean shaven (or, too young to have sideburns). However, some of his last coins show sideburns and this one even hints at a beard: [ATTACH=full]905446[/ATTACH] 24 mm. 4.42 grams. IMP GORDIANVS FEL AVG Bold sideburns with a light beard halfway down to his chin. FORT REDVX, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopia [weak die and strike.] By the way, I wonder how NGC would number the strike? On this one the obverse and reverse have much different quality and it is not due to wear or surfaces, just the strike. But they give only one number to the strike. This coin is an argument that they should have individual numbers for each side. For me, this might be a "Strike 5/2." RIC 143. "244" [his last year][/QUOTE]
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