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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3077181, member: 85693&quot;]I really like Gordian III silver coins - they can be quite appealing and cheap.&nbsp; In my constant bottom-feeding on eBay I got a IOVI STATORI reverse for $5.01 this February, a freakish bargain.&nbsp; At any rate, I rarely pay more than $20 for a Gordian III antoninianus, but you have to do a lot of hunting to get them that low; $40-$50 is probably a more realistic dealer price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my $5.01 example; the coppery adhesions you see are on the surface - my guess is this was buried with some coppers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774216[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(241-243 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint (9th, 10th &amp; 11th </b></p><p><b>issues, 2nd Officina)</b></p><p>IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Radiate bust rt., draped &amp; cuirassed. / IOVI STATORI Jupiter standing front, head right holding sceptre and thunderbolt.</p><p>RIC 84; RSC 109.</p><p>(3.47 grams / 23 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a IOVI CONSERVATORI example, which was $22.&nbsp; This Jove is a bit harder to find than the STATORI type, I think:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]774221[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(238-239 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p><b>(1st issue, 2nd Officina)</b></p><p>IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter stdg. with scepter &amp; thunderbolt, Gordian left w. attributes of Spes. </p><p>RIC 2; Cohen 105</p><p>(3.83 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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