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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4612238, member: 110350"]I have a couple of Gordian III denarii, as well as an antoninianus and a provincial coin on which he appears with Tranquillina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III AR Denarius, 240 AD [TRP III]. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Gordian on horseback left, holding spear downwards in left hand & raising right hand, PM TR P III COS PP. RIC IV-3 81, RSC IV 234 (ill. p. 7 & on book jacket), Sear RCV III 8678. 18 mm., 3.59 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142315[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III AR Denarius, 241-242 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Diana standing facing, head right, holding flaming long torch right with both hands, DIANA LVCIFERA. RIC IV-3 127, RSC IV 69, Sear RCV III 8673 (ill.). 20 mm., 2.7 g., 6 h. (<i>Issued in celebration of marriage of Gordian & Tranqullina, 241 AD. See Sear RCV III 8673 at p. 123</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142316[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III AR Antoninianus, 242-243 AD [TRP V], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Apollo seated left, bare to waist, holding branch with right hand & resting left forearm and elbow on lyre, PM T-R P V COS II PP. RIC IV-3 89, RSC IV 261, Sear RCV III 8648. 22.65 mm., 4.67 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, <i>Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula</i> (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, <i>Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II,</i> <i>Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia</i>) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, <i>Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands</i> Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4612238, member: 110350"]I have a couple of Gordian III denarii, as well as an antoninianus and a provincial coin on which he appears with Tranquillina. Gordian III AR Denarius, 240 AD [TRP III]. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Gordian on horseback left, holding spear downwards in left hand & raising right hand, PM TR P III COS PP. RIC IV-3 81, RSC IV 234 (ill. p. 7 & on book jacket), Sear RCV III 8678. 18 mm., 3.59 g. [ATTACH=full]1142315[/ATTACH] Gordian III AR Denarius, 241-242 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Diana standing facing, head right, holding flaming long torch right with both hands, DIANA LVCIFERA. RIC IV-3 127, RSC IV 69, Sear RCV III 8673 (ill.). 20 mm., 2.7 g., 6 h. ([I]Issued in celebration of marriage of Gordian & Tranqullina, 241 AD. See Sear RCV III 8673 at p. 123[/I].) [ATTACH=full]1142316[/ATTACH] Gordian III AR Antoninianus, 242-243 AD [TRP V], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Apollo seated left, bare to waist, holding branch with right hand & resting left forearm and elbow on lyre, PM T-R P V COS II PP. RIC IV-3 89, RSC IV 261, Sear RCV III 8648. 22.65 mm., 4.67 g. [ATTACH=full]1142317[/ATTACH] Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, [I]Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula[/I] (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, [I]Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II,[/I] [I]Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia[/I]) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, [I]Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands[/I] Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g. [ATTACH=full]1142320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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