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Message:: [QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4088589, member: 84744"]The later Antiochs like Doug's and mine are easy: the distinctive cuirass is diagnostic. [ATTACH=full]1065262[/ATTACH] These were issued for Gordian's ill-fated invasion of Persia.  Interestingly, their silver content is higher than for Rome issues. Earlier issues (like the OP) are tougher, I think.  But if you look at a bunch of Antioch <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=gordian+iii+antioch+tetradrachm&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=4&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=gordian+iii+antioch+tetradrachm&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=4&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">tetradrachms</a> I think you can get a good feel for the style.  Another source is Roger Bland's PhD thesis, available <a href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270764" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270764" rel="nofollow">here</a>, although the plates are not very high quality.  As far as I know, it's the main piece of scholarship on Gordian III's eastern mints.[/QUOTE]