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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4801552, member: 74834&quot;]And then there are the third century tetradrachms, that I like quite a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166007[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm Gordian III (238-244) as Caesar, Alexandria. Year 1 (=238). Obv. Bare head, draped and cuirassed, t.r. Rev. Nike seated t.l., holding wreath, year A. Greyish billon with slightly silvery patina. 21 mm, 12.23 gr. Obviously, Gordian was caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus for a very short time - about three months, so this is a rare coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166008[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse is a lectisternium, it looks like a rowing boat in the form of a coffin, but the Romans were quite serious about this. </p><p>Tetradrachm Gordian III (238-244), Alexandria. Dated RY Z (7, = 244). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pillow and leaning head backwards on hand. 22 mm, 13.89 gr. Emmett 3430.7. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166009[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm Elagabalus (218-222), Alexandria. Potin. Dated RY 5 (221/222). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and wearing crescent-moon crown, right; L Є (date) to lower right. 22.5 mm, 12.62 gr. Emmett 2933.5. RPC 10149 (13 pcs, all pictured worse than mine). </p><p><i>On the reverse, a pair, one looking up, the other one down: this is a highly developed realistic design involving movement and contrast (characteristics of Baroque!), whereas most often Roman numismatic art is static.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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