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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1825183, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t know where you guys are buying your denarii, but if you know of someone that&#039;s willing to part with coins as nice as the S. Severus for $20, please tell me! I&#039;ll take a dozen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have exactly the same Gordian III as the OP&#039;s. These coins are neither rare nor expensive, and the Apollo-seated design is one of my favorites: a Roman adaptation of a far older Greek design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III, 225-244</p><p>AR Double Denarius, 23mm. 4.58g, 6h: Rome mint, 241-243</p><p>Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: PM TR P IIII COS II PP; Apollo, bare to waist, seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre</p><p>Reference: RIC IV(c) 88 (p. 25)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s11.postimg.org/hk33xsh4z/gordianant.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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