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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8108877, member: 99456&quot;]well, it&#039;s been 12 hours so I will be a little liberal in my read of your &quot;Next&quot;.&nbsp; This coin cleaned up pretty well (although I didn&#039;t clean it).&nbsp; The &quot;wreath&quot; or &quot;prize crown&quot; is not something you see every day.&nbsp; This coin comes from Neocaesarea when Gregory of Neocaesarea or Saint Gregory the Miracle-Worker was consecrated as bishop (around AD 240 or shortly afterward).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1410679[/ATTACH] <b>Pontus, Neocaesarea</b>, Gordian III, AD 238-244, Æ28, 14g, 28mm, dated POH (178) AD 241/2</p><p><b>Obv: </b> ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ, Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear</p><p><b>Rev: </b> ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝƐΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ƐΤ ΡΟΗ, wreath with A at its top</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RPC Volume VII.2 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19604" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19604" rel="nofollow">ID 19604</a> (14 Specimens), Rec 57; Çizmeli 348</p><p><br /></p><p>Neocaesarea was destroyed by earthquakes in AD 344 and is today Niksar Turkey.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1410721[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Next:</b> another coin with an interesting reverse[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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