Ancients => eh-heh-heh => Got myself a sweet Gordie Rookie Card

That's a beautiful new baby you have there, SteveO!

 

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Well apparently I do have a Gordian III coin, completely forgot

its not pretty but still



sucks getting old.

 

=> wow TIF, thanks!!



... yah, I know that we were both talking the other day about scoring a sweet Gordian III example, but at the time I was merely only half-serious ...

=> but when I saw my sweet OP-coin, my trigger-finger started dancing!!

Oh, and I must admit that I was a bit rattled that I hadn't heard any coin-comments regarding my new score (one way or another) .... so I smiled ear-to-ear just a second ago when I read your recent post (thanks)



yah, I can't wait to see your next coin-thread (your coins and your clever posts always impress!!)

=> Cheers, coin-Princess

 

Ummm, I can't remember how old I am?




=> great coin icerain (thanks for posting, brother)

 

Never heard of Gordie Howe (Living in France and the only thing I know about hockey is that it"s played with some kind of stick)
Is the guy from Cappadocia ?
Just kidding sorry

No flowers or vegetables to show but here are a couple Gordian III


Gordian III, Denarius Rome mint, AD 240
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate and draped bust right
DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding lighted torch in hands
3,08 gr
Ref : RSC # 69, RCV # 8673


A 7 gram monster :


Gordian III, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 243
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
SECVRITAS PERPETUA, Securitas standing left, holding scepter and resting on column
6,95 gr, 25 mm
Ref : RIC #153, RCV #8661, Cohen #336



Gordian III, Sestertius minted in Rome, AD 241/243
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind
IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing, looking right, holding thuderbolt and sceptre. S C in field
20,18 gr
Ref : Cohen #111, RCV # 8710, RIC # 298a



Gordian III, tetradrachm Antioch mint
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟCΚΙΑC, eagle facing, head left, wings spread, holding, wreath in beak, and taim left. SC at exergue
12.38 gr, 25 mm
Ref : Prieur # 282_281

Q

 

Gordie Wow



nice additions, Cucumbor

 

well, I guess I may as well toss-in my other Gordie III hockey cards, eh? (sure, I may have posted these babies in a recent thread, but looking at ancient coins never gets old, does it? => well, not to this guy!!)

 

Just read his biography : WOW ! ....Amazing what that guy has done in his life !
Thanks for letting me hear of him

Q

 

=> ahahaha, yah no problem, Q

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe

Funny, because if you grew-up in Canada, Gordie Howe was kinda like Pele in Brazil => he was The King!! (actually, I am the same age as Wayne Gretzky, so I had another King when I was growing up .... ummm, you may want to google Wayne Gretzky as well ... I doubt anybody will surpass The Great One?!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky

Oh, and I hope that you're having a sweet Saturday, my coin-friend!!

Cheers

 

Being a Red Wings fan, there will never be anyone better than Gordie Howe. Well, never is a long time, but you know what I mean.

 

I have this sestertius of Gordian III, which is one of my prized possessions - it's very satisfying to hold because of its size, but it also has lovely color and detail.

We often wonder how the ancients managed the tiny fractional silvers in commerce, but these are equally intriguing. Would you have put a hundred of them in your goat bladder bag to buy something worth an aureus at market? I'm guessing not - probably they were "small" change, in the same way US silver dollars were "small" change.

 

I totally hear ya, Bing ... Howe was "all that"

Oh, and that's usually what people "older" than Gretzky say ... I'm just sayin'

They're both awesome (and they both have such strengths in different areas) ... yah, I'm pretty sure that Gretzky would skate circles around Gordie and then win the skills-competition ... but then Gordie would also score a couple and then ride Gretzky into the boards and beat the tar outta him!!




... wow JA, that's an awesome coin!!

 

Thanks. Yes, that's quite a sweet saturday, reading silly things writen by a silly guy from far away in Canada...

Q

 

Fixed.