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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8221028, member: 85693&quot;]Great post [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] - that posting in Germany sounds pretty terrifying - and after Vietnam!&nbsp; A friend of mine served on a forward observation post in West Germany c. 1983 because he could speak German.&nbsp; He said he never worried about the Cold War getting hot because he could listen in on East German tank maneuvers - at one point, he could hear a tank commander pounding on the turret and screaming &quot;Turn left!&nbsp; Turn left!&nbsp; The other left!&quot;&nbsp; He tells me the Warsaw Pact just didn&#039;t seem all that motivated at that point.&nbsp; Although he followed up by noting that the forward observation guys were not expected to survive if things did get bad.&nbsp; My gratitude to you and all who serve/served.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So many great FIDES MILITVM types already posted, I had trouble finding one that wasn&#039;t a repeat.&nbsp; But here is Gordian III, and if my attribution is right, his first issue as Augustus (RIC 1!) - military faithfulness was apparently top of his list for coin types, for good reason: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1443850[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(238-239 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>(1st Issue, 1st Officina)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing with standard and transverse sceptre.</p><p>RIC 1 (Aug); RSC 86.</p><p>(4.31 grams / 21 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Was Gordian III killed by his troops?&nbsp; Not sure: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The eventual fate of Gordian after the battle is unclear. Sasanian sources claim that a battle occurred (Battle of Misiche) near modern Fallujah (Iraq)and resulted in a major Roman defeat and the death of Gordian III. One view holds that Gordian died at Zaitha, murdered by his frustrated army, while the role of Philip is unknown. Scholarly analyses suggest the Sasanian version, &quot;while defective, is superior&quot; to the Roman one.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting (and sad) to note fighting near Fallujah is an ongoing thing, down through the centuries.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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