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<p>[QUOTE="frank008, post: 3600972, member: 102947"]Chiming in here as a relatively new collector and fellow/unintended Gordian III acquirer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good information from everyone, and very reassuring! I just started purchasing attributed and/or "nice" ancients within the past year, having reacquainted myself w/the uncleaned coin/LRB hobby after a 15 year gap. I found myself w/a small budget looking for nice silver, and next thing you know I have a half dozen Gordian III ants VF+, alongside a few more denarii of other rulers, albeit of lesser quality. (No pics yet, still practicing.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My Gordian III ants range from 4-5.5g. While I don't have a deliberate focus yet on the hobby, what's steered me towards Gordian III is a combo of quality + pricepoint + potrait style. I have elementary age twin boys who I love introducing my hobbies to, and both them and myself really enjoy crisp "boy king" portraits...hence the Gordian III overrepresentation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="frank008, post: 3600972, member: 102947"]Chiming in here as a relatively new collector and fellow/unintended Gordian III acquirer. Good information from everyone, and very reassuring! I just started purchasing attributed and/or "nice" ancients within the past year, having reacquainted myself w/the uncleaned coin/LRB hobby after a 15 year gap. I found myself w/a small budget looking for nice silver, and next thing you know I have a half dozen Gordian III ants VF+, alongside a few more denarii of other rulers, albeit of lesser quality. (No pics yet, still practicing.) My Gordian III ants range from 4-5.5g. While I don't have a deliberate focus yet on the hobby, what's steered me towards Gordian III is a combo of quality + pricepoint + potrait style. I have elementary age twin boys who I love introducing my hobbies to, and both them and myself really enjoy crisp "boy king" portraits...hence the Gordian III overrepresentation.[/QUOTE]
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