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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24840582, member: 135271&quot;]Anyone have one of these?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1591189[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i>GORDIAN III, AD 238-244</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE As (25.10mm, 8.47g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 242/3. Rome mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: VIRTVS AVGVSTI, Gordian, in military attire, seated left on cuirass, holding spear, crowned by Victory standing left </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>behind him and receiving branch from Mars or Virtus standing right before; two standards in background, S C in exergue</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC IV 326 (R2), RCV 8809</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>A very rare type, possibly commemorating Gordian&#039;s successful campaign against the Sassanid empire and the defeat of Shapur I at the Battle of Resaena in 243.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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