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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3804371, member: 96898&quot;][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] has been known to now and then also collect provincial Roman coins , <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gordian-iii-and-his-buddy-abgar-x.313375/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gordian-iii-and-his-buddy-abgar-x.313375/">this wouldn&#039;t be the only Gordian III in his collection</a>. Yet, though Odessos is somewhat eastern-ish, it&#039;s not quite east enough to fit his collecting focus. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&nbsp; has a couple of twin portraits on his website, including <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f28.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f28.html" rel="nofollow">a wonderful Gordian III &amp; Tranquilina from Tomis</a>. I can see him adding a similar coin from a different city to his collection. The picture isn&#039;t quite his usual superb photography, but he might just have used his cellphone instead this time in order not give himself away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, I&#039;m guessing [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have an Odessos coin to show, but here is an Imperial Gordian denarius with a nice equestrian reverse:</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1015321[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, Roman Empire, denarius, 240–241 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, laureate and draped, r. Rev: P M TR P III COS P P; Gordian on horseback riding l., raising r. hand and holding spear or sceptre in l. 20mm, 2.66g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 81. Ex Auktionen &amp; Münzhandel Dr. Christoph Stadler (Bremen); ex Münzbörse Stadtwaage (Bremen).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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