Gordian AE As - New addition to collection

What do you think about my latest addition to the collection, paid 30 eur?

Gordianus III. (238-244 AD). AE As , Roma (Rome), 240 AD.
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI / S - C, Hercules standing right, leaning on club set on rock.
RIC IV, 3, p. 49, 309.

 

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I have the AR version

It's a tad dark.
Cool As. I still need a bronze for my G3's

 

Very nice antoninian. I have ants with other reverses and one denarius. I do not have sestertius of G3.

 

Good addition @gogili1977
GORDIAN III
AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right
REVERSE: P M TR P II COS P P, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm
Struck at Rome, 239 AD
4.2g, 21mm
RIC 19, RSC 199

 

Asses of this period are harder to find nice than are sestertii. I have seen a lot worse for the money. Mine was only $18 and that was a loooong time ago so I'd say you are not overpaying.


As smojo pointed out, silver is easier to find in good shape. Odd.


Note how some of the Hercules faces seem more like Apollo while others are bearded and proper for Hercules?

 

Nice OP As. I too have the same coin in silver:

 

Minor bronzes of Gordian are not common. You got a good deal!

 

I agree with the gang.....I think you paid about low retail and have a cool bronze of G-3

 

Nice As @gogili1977 ! Gre capture for €30

I am Hedging against the market and took an anti-silver Gordian position in my collection. I have NO Gordian III silver.

I only have this one Gordian III and it is BRONZE!


RI Gordian III 238-244 CE AE As 25mm Hercules S-C

 

You fill my heart with great sadness. Only one Gordian III?

 

Yuppers... for those that are infatuated, there are those that are not. Gives you room to capture all the ones you want!

Besides, you know I go after all the different types of Ancients that everyone else really does not get as excited about.

 

Here's my AES from Forvm, using my new laptop to fetch the photos LOL



Copper as, SRCV III 8780, RIC VI 298b, Cohen 112, Hunter III 138, F, attractive green patina, well centered on a tight flan, Rome mint, 8.748 grams, 23.0 mm, die axis 315o, 4th emission, 241 - 243 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, naked, head right, long scepter vertical in right, thunderbolt in left; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren;

 

It is interesting that three of us have asses of Gordian and all three have the same reverse. That might tell you something about which ones are rare.

 

I found on the website www.acsearch.info only four auction with Gordian As with reverse VIRTVTI AVGVSTI.
I think, the As which I bought can be a little more cleaned (there are remains of the soil), but I'm not an expert in cleaning.

 

Nice patina color on the op coin.

I have no Gordian bronzes.

 

I have a fondness for 3rd c. small bronzes and would love to have one like yours.

It seems half of us have the type, mostly in silver. At least my cockroach is pretty:


It depicts a famous sculpture, the Farnese Hercules.

 

I found in collection two more Gordian bronzes, but provincial issues of Viminacium in Moesia Superior. On reverses Moesia standing left between bull and lion. Laureate AE 29 and radiate AE 24 dated local year 4 (AN IIII).

 

Beautiful antoninian, nice details on Hercules figure and on club.

 

I like the OP coin, as stated above an As is not as easy to find from this era as some might suppose.

 

i think you did just fine for a 30 spot.

this big provincial is my favorite GIII...

ANTIOCH PISIDIA, GORDIAN III 238-244 AD

O:Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right; R: Mên standing facing, head right, foot on a bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on a globe to the right, rooster to left "COL CAES ANTIOCH SR" SNG France 1207. 35 mm, 26.0 g.