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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 24619682, member: 15481&quot;]I usually find coins from the early-mid 200s quite ho-hum, and until today, it must be 10 years since I bought a coin from the period. I even bought two!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565384[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, as Augustus, AR Antoninianus. 238-239 AD.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre, shield at side.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: RIC 5, RSC 357, RCV 8664</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 22 mm. Weight: 4,83 g g Conservation: VF</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565383[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, as Augustus, AR Antoninianus. Rome 240 AD.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre, shield at side.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: RIC 70, RSC 314, RCV 8658</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 23 mm. Weight: 3,92 g Conservation: aEF</font></p><p><br /></p><p>What I found interesting about these two, are the portraits. The portrait from the first coin, from 238/9 AD does not look a lot like a 12-13 year old, which Gordian was at the time. The portrait from 240 looks a lot more like a juvenile.</p><p>We see quite a lot of this from the Roman mints early in the reign of an emperor. Claudius was pictured with quite a likeness of Caligula on the early issues. Maximinus I had early portraits looking more like Severus Alexander with a chin job. Here Gordian III looks more like his predecessors; one can imagine both Gordian I, II and Balbinus here. Perhaps I&#039;ll let coin number one fill the empty Gordian II space in my collection while I wait for that good old lotto ticket to fund the father and brother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post early portraits that do not look like later portraits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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