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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 2987284, member: 80147&quot;]I picked up this Gordian III, Nikopolis ad Istrum city gate coin a couple of weeks ago. Besides the good detail the obverse portrait looked a little bit weird for Gordian with open lips an bug eyed since buying have only found one of this obverse type and it is a die match so a little bit different to the majority.</p><p>Nicopolis ad Istrum (Greek: Νικόπολις η προς Ίστρον) was a Roman and Early Byzantine town founded by Emperor Trajan around 101–106, at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) and the Rositsa rivers, in memory of his victory over the Dacians. Its ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, 20 km north of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. The town reached its apogee during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, the Antonines and the Severan dynasty.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]736202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]736203[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Provincial, Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Gordian III (238-244 AD) Æ 27 (12.43g) Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis., City Gate, Obv.: Laureate and draped bust right. Rev.: Arched gate flanked by two roofed towers with arched windows in uppermost story. Varbanov 4182. Rare! NGC XF (Green patina).</p><p>The towers are actually rounded, raised off the face of the coin. Interesting details on top of the towers and along the top of the wall.</p><p>Originally in a slab the dealer took it out to send to me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]736204[/ATTACH]</p><p>POST YOUR BUG EYED, GORDIAN III OR CITY GATE COINS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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