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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3226004, member: 98035&quot;]Looks like there&#039;s a lot of Gordian III love around here, so I feel like I should share this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III Denarius</p><p>IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate bust right </p><p>AETERNITATI AVG (To the Immortal Emperor), Sol standing right, head left, with upraised hand and holding a globe.</p><p>RIC 111</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8672.t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8672.t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8672.t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841024[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare against the same type as an antoninianus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841025[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I like to entertain the idea that the die engraver was a relative newbie, and had a post-it note at his work station: NO RADIATE CROWNS ON DENARII</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t been able to find a match for this little oddity on any auction archive database.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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