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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1194031, member: 5739&quot;]Beautiful coin stainless, wonderful portrait and great strike, well centered.</p><p>&nbsp;Gordian III is a great emperor to collect coinage from, there is alot of variety. I have several antoninianii of his, one denarius, and a couple Antioch Tetradrachmai. Plus you can collect the Antoninianii from Antioch and his somewhat scarce Tetradrachmai, which I really like.</p><p>These two are my favorites of all of mine, the first is a &#039;VICTORIA AUG&#039; &#039;Victory advancing left&#039; reverse with a very interesting bust, the second is an amazingly well centered and large flan &#039;VICTORIA AETERNAE&#039; with Victory standing resting her shield on the back of a captive on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>The first two pics:</p><p>This one was sold as being from an &#039;Eastern Mint&#039; I am pretty sure now it is just an early Rome mint issue, the bust is quite different than most though, there is a small scratch or nick on the imperial ear, but a unique bust type, and nice large flan aswell... plus I love the reverse. BE SURE to englarge the second photo, it&#039;s a beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Gordian III AD 238-244 - Silver Antoninianus - AD 238.</p><p>obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.</p><p><br /></p><p>rev: VICTORIA AVG - Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 5.49 grams</p><p>------------------------</p><p>------------------------</p><p>The third, fourth and fifth pics: </p><p>This one I love just for the size and strike of the flan, very large and extremely well struck, and amazingly well centered.... even if the reverse is a little weakly struck, it well makes up for it, and is one of my favorite coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Emperor Gordian III (238 - 244 AD)</p><p>Silver Antoninianus, Rome Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust of Emperor right. </p><p>rev: VICTORIA AETERNA - Victory standing left, holding palm &amp; resting right hand on top of shield set atop a captive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 5.10 Grams, 25mm</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 156</p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my favorite Gordian III coins that are in my collection, the last two obverse pics of the second coin have a bit of a gold tone that is from the lighting used. I don&#039;t usual reveal what I paid for coins on here in public, but I will say that for the first one &#039;VICTORIA AUG&#039; with the interesting bust, I paid $29. USD, and for the superbly well centered one I paid $40. USD... it was a while ago though, but not too long.... needless to say even years ago they were both very good deals I think....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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