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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7767919, member: 85693&quot;]That is a very nice Balbinus you got there, [USER=92983]@roman99[/USER]&nbsp; - that portrait is wonderful.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Balbinus (or Pupienus) of any sort, but I did just get this Gordian III sestertius that was issued under B &amp; P for a few short months in 238 A.D.&nbsp; It was mis-listed on eBay as Philip II, and thus affordable - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1331969[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>Late April-July 29, 238 A.D.</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANT GORDIANVS CAES, bare-headed, draped bust right / [PIET]AS AVG[G] S C in exergue, jug between lituus, secespita and patera left, simpulum and aspergillum right.</p><p>RIC 3; Cohen 183; BMC 64-66.</p><p>(21.33 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; &quot;In response to popular pressure shortly after their own elevation to imperial status, the emperors Balbinus and Pupienus adopted Gordian as Caesar.&nbsp; This scarce coin was part of a limited and formal coinage produced for Gordian.&quot; Wildwinds[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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