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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4534260, member: 72790"]I have what is probably a very common coin but the image just does not seem like the usual one for this emperor. The coin seems to be a common double denarius of Gordian III, about as common as one can get. It is most likely Sear 8600 with Aequitas on the reverse. Its weight is 4.0 grams. What seems odd to me is the image of Gordian. He is usually pictured as a young teen, not surprising as having been born ca. 225 AD, he was a young teen when he ascended the throne and he looks it on his coins. He also has a prominent and pointed (Roman) nose. On the coin below you will see that the image of Gordian looks like something noticeably different, to me anyway. He looks more like a young man and his profile looks very much like a typical, almost generic young man. The inscription on the obverse seems to read IMP CAES M ANTON GORDIANUS AVG. I am wondering if this may be what Sear calls his Sear 8600a version, that is, from an Eastern mint, namely Antioch. I cannot seem to find one in any of my books. I don't have a copy of RIC which is supposed to differentiate the coins produced at Rome from those of Antioch. Since the Antioch version is supposed to be a bit more valuable I'd like to be able to determine for sure what this variation from the norm seems to be. Thanks for any assistance.[ATTACH=full]1122745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4534260, member: 72790"]I have what is probably a very common coin but the image just does not seem like the usual one for this emperor. The coin seems to be a common double denarius of Gordian III, about as common as one can get. It is most likely Sear 8600 with Aequitas on the reverse. Its weight is 4.0 grams. What seems odd to me is the image of Gordian. He is usually pictured as a young teen, not surprising as having been born ca. 225 AD, he was a young teen when he ascended the throne and he looks it on his coins. He also has a prominent and pointed (Roman) nose. On the coin below you will see that the image of Gordian looks like something noticeably different, to me anyway. He looks more like a young man and his profile looks very much like a typical, almost generic young man. The inscription on the obverse seems to read IMP CAES M ANTON GORDIANUS AVG. I am wondering if this may be what Sear calls his Sear 8600a version, that is, from an Eastern mint, namely Antioch. I cannot seem to find one in any of my books. I don't have a copy of RIC which is supposed to differentiate the coins produced at Rome from those of Antioch. Since the Antioch version is supposed to be a bit more valuable I'd like to be able to determine for sure what this variation from the norm seems to be. Thanks for any assistance.[ATTACH=full]1122745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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