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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8278497, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;d forgotten about this one, since I just bought it and it has not arrived yet.&nbsp; It might be an as of Gordian III with Abundantia reverse.&nbsp; I say &quot;might&quot; because the seller sold (on eBay) it as a &quot;remake.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most &quot;remakes&quot; seem pretty obvious to me and this one did not seem obvious.&nbsp; I checked the Forgery Network and poked around in general and could not find any fakes of this type.&nbsp; The price was under $15, so I decided to take a gamble.&nbsp; The seller&#039;s photos are all I have, but they are better than a lot of mine.&nbsp; No dimension or weight at this time.&nbsp; If real, I think it is RIC 274b.&nbsp; If not, it goes in the Black Box of Shame with my other reckless gambles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I notice the only other Abundantia type in this thread is that interesting dupondius posted by [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER].&nbsp; As for the asses, there are three examples of RIC 274b in Wildwinds, two of which seem to be the same coin (or incredibly close die-and-flan-and-wear matches).&nbsp; <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8771.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8771.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8771.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine.&nbsp; The portrait looks a tad &quot;off&quot; to me for Gordian, but sometimes his earlier issues feature portraits that are not quite Classic Gordy.&nbsp; Any opinions welcome; if this is a known fake, please let me know!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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