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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2720955, member: 80783&quot;]OK, I know that posting YET ANOTHER coin of Gordian III´s seems like a joke these days, but before you all ridicule me, here are my humble excuses:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I haven´t shown mine yet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>2) it has absolutely no patina and shows how the increasingly copperish orichalcum has turned reddish by the 240´s</p><p>3) it only cost me 25 Euros and still looks nice enough to me</p><p>4) The thought of owning a mediocre Gordian II is more appealing to me than spending big money on an FDC Gordian III Sestertius.</p><p>5) I am just posting this while I am doing a writeup for something much more spectacular which I will share with you soon (NOT depending on the number of likes I get for this one, he he)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]616409[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]616410[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / IOVI STATORI S C</p><p>Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind&nbsp; / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding sceptre in right hand, cradling thunderbolt in left arm</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 141</p><p>30 mm / 17,82 gr</p><p>RIC 298a, Cohen 111, Banti 37, Hunter 134</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I just read this interesting monograph, possibly the only one written about Gordian III yet (in German only...):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]616421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Don´t you like the &quot;dynastic&quot; cameo with Pupienus and Balbinus???</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the book points out that Gordian III probably was the one and only Roman Emperor actually installed by the Army, the Senate, AND the People of Rome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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