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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8212008, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coin - love that toning [USER=117268]@Amit Vyas[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for something very ugly - a fourree / barbaric imitation of sorts - it&#039;s copper with remains of a silver wash.&nbsp; The reverse figure is barely humanoid, so hard to tell the gender (lady Sasquatch?).&nbsp; I thought it was interesting that two of the S&#039;s in the obverse legend were omitted; I&#039;m guessing S&#039;s are hard to engrave into a die.&nbsp; The reverse S is there, but not very skillfully:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440928[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Antoninianus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>(c. 238-239 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome / Antioch Mint imitation</b></p><p>IMP CAE(S) M ANT GORDIANV(S) AVG, radiate, draped bust right / VIRTVS</p><p>AVG, Virtus standing left, holding spear, hand resting on shield.</p><p>RIC 6 / RIC 205 imitation.</p><p>(3.95 grams / 21 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $1.40&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b> Copper with silver wash imitation of official issue, Rome (RIC 6) or Antioch (RIC 205).&nbsp; Obverse legends blundered (deleted S, twice), bust, Virtus and legends in crude style. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat less dreadful, I recently got an as of the type (Virtus holding a branch, like the OP): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440929[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(240 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP GORDIA[NVS PI]VS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS A[VG] S [C], Virtus standing front, head left, holding branch and inverted spear, shield set on ground behind.</p><p>RIC 293b; Cohen 391. </p><p>(11.05 grams / 25 x 23 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2022[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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