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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2704405, member: 76194"]Here is a beauty I acquired from another forum member. It is my first Hadrian provincial, and a nice theme to boot as I didn't have any coins with river Gods on them. The obverse is a little off center and the coin does have circulation wear and mild porosity, but for now uncommon these are and the high prices they usually go for, I'm not complaining. I got a heck of a deal on this one...There are some on vcoins.com in worse shape (broken coins, etc) selling for double what this cost me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]609214[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. A.D. 238-244. Æ (24 mm, 8.54 g, 6 h). AVT K M AN[T] ΓOPΔIANOC (AVΓ), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right / AΔPIAN-O-ΠO-ΛEITΩN, the river-god Hebrus reclining left on overturned vase from which water flows, holding reed and rudder. Youroukova 470 (V230/R456); Varbanov 3836. Brown patina, light porosity.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, show off your Gordian, river gods, coins from Hadrianopolis, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2704405, member: 76194"]Here is a beauty I acquired from another forum member. It is my first Hadrian provincial, and a nice theme to boot as I didn't have any coins with river Gods on them. The obverse is a little off center and the coin does have circulation wear and mild porosity, but for now uncommon these are and the high prices they usually go for, I'm not complaining. I got a heck of a deal on this one...There are some on vcoins.com in worse shape (broken coins, etc) selling for double what this cost me. [ATTACH=full]609214[/ATTACH] Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. A.D. 238-244. Æ (24 mm, 8.54 g, 6 h). AVT K M AN[T] ΓOPΔIANOC (AVΓ), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right / AΔPIAN-O-ΠO-ΛEITΩN, the river-god Hebrus reclining left on overturned vase from which water flows, holding reed and rudder. Youroukova 470 (V230/R456); Varbanov 3836. Brown patina, light porosity. Well, show off your Gordian, river gods, coins from Hadrianopolis, etc.[/QUOTE]
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