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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2264442, member: 57495"]I see temple reverses on coins of Nicopolis from Septimius Severus onwards. For Gordian III, there are quite a few varieties (Asklepios, Serapis, Tyche, Homonoia). JA, on taking a closer look at your coin, I think it's Serapis in the temple and not Tyche, like this one: </p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105632" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105632" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105632</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As it turns out I had taken pictures of mine afterall, just not edited them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450050[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE28</p><p>13.11g, 28.5mm</p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, AD 238-244, magistrate Modestus. </p><p>Varbanov 4233</p><p>O: AΥT K M ANTω ΓOΡΔIANOC AΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. </p><p>R: ΥΠ CAB MOΔECTOΥ NIKOΠOΛEITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡON, Tetrastyle temple containing statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; shield and spear in pediment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2264442, member: 57495"]I see temple reverses on coins of Nicopolis from Septimius Severus onwards. For Gordian III, there are quite a few varieties (Asklepios, Serapis, Tyche, Homonoia). JA, on taking a closer look at your coin, I think it's Serapis in the temple and not Tyche, like this one: [url]http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105632[/url] As it turns out I had taken pictures of mine afterall, just not edited them. [ATTACH=full]450050[/ATTACH] [B]GORDIAN III[/B] AE28 13.11g, 28.5mm MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, AD 238-244, magistrate Modestus. Varbanov 4233 O: AΥT K M ANTω ΓOΡΔIANOC AΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: ΥΠ CAB MOΔECTOΥ NIKOΠOΛEITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡON, Tetrastyle temple containing statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; shield and spear in pediment.[/QUOTE]
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