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Message:: [QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2020861, member: 57495"]I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "crown vs no crown", but it would help if you have pictures or a link to what you're comparing your coin with.  Roman emperors issued coins in many different denominations and with many different reverse designs.  The portraits on the obverse (head side) could be bare headed, wearing a laurel wreath (as on your coin), or a radiate crown (as on the silver coins known as antoninianii). As others have said, better and larger pictures will help identify your coin with certainty, but if you click <a href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=gordian+iii+sestertius+fortuna&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=gordian+iii+sestertius+fortuna&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" rel="nofollow">this link</a> you'll see many examples of the variety your coin seems to be from what can be gathered so far.  I don't know who Tater is, but I think JA has identified him as a coin dealer?[/QUOTE]