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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3083582, member: 75937"]Man, that one truly is </p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gdDSJ2NddyE[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the bluest patina in my collection, and it's only on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776895[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244, with Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 27.4 mm, 12.23 g.</p><p>Thrace, Odessos, AD 241.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝ[Α], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left.</p><p>Rev: ΟΔΗCCΕΙ[ΤΩΝ], Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; E (denomination) in field, left.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 1697; Varbanov 4608; AMNG 2402.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3083582, member: 75937"]Man, that one truly is [MEDIA=youtube]gdDSJ2NddyE[/MEDIA] This is the bluest patina in my collection, and it's only on the reverse: [ATTACH=full]776895[/ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244, with Tranquillina. Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 27.4 mm, 12.23 g. Thrace, Odessos, AD 241. Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝ[Α], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left. Rev: ΟΔΗCCΕΙ[ΤΩΝ], Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; E (denomination) in field, left. Refs: Moushmov 1697; Varbanov 4608; AMNG 2402.[/QUOTE]
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