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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4367339, member: 44316&quot;]<b>[ATTACH=full]1103482[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><font size="5">Gordian III</font></b><font size="5">, 238-244</font></p><p><font size="5">23-21 mm. 4.47 grams.</font></p><p><font size="5">IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG</font></p><p><font size="5">FORTVNA REDVX</font></p><p><font size="5">Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia, wheel behind seat. </font></p><p><font size="5"><i>RIC</i> 210 &quot;243-244&quot;</font></p><p><font size="5">Sear III 8612. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">This coin expresses hope that he would return safely from the Persian war of 243. Instead, in late February of 244 he was deposed by Philip who reported that the emperor had died of natural causes. I suppose in the middle of the third century it was &quot;natural&quot; to be murdered. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">This coin and others are now on my site about Fortuna types:</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/</a></font></p><p><font size="5">Click the link at the top to see Fortuna types from before the First Tetrarchy. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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