Most Greek coins representing Apollo seem of a certain design which is different from Roman ones. While in ancient Greece Apollo had the same boyish face, and often being naked or with a bow, The Romans represented him in a more solemn and rather official way. On this following coin, Apollo is seated on a distinguished chair and holding an olive branch. The coin was definitely struck in Rome, being a sestertius. The obverse shows Gordian III. RIC 303 a _ Sear 8732 _Cohen 262 . The coin weighs 21.75 g.
nice sestertius 7C. that one may a good candidate for some light cleaning, but looks good without cleaning as well. here's one of my favorite roman apollos ...well, sort of, it's a semi-autonomous issue from antioch.
Cool Sestertius @7Calbrey !!! I have difficulty accessing my photos by deity, but here's a Roman Republic denarius with Apollo and Diana Lucifera---and he seems solemn but also a bit boyish as well:
