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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2687347, member: 57495&quot;]Poor Gordian III!&nbsp; I guess as a short-lived boy-king, he probably should have gotten hold of Tutenkamen&#039;s PR person if he wanted any measure of fame a millennia or two on <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; On the other hand, judging by how ubiquitous his coins are, in his day he was probably anything but obscure <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, you probably wanted a better answer than that.&nbsp; I&#039;ll offer the suggestion that GIII&#039;s coins, specifically his silver ones, are so common not necessarily because he minted more of them, but because in the two decades that followed, the finesse of the empire&#039;s antoninianii fell so precipitously that everyone began hoarding his nicer shinier ones.&nbsp; We can thank all those nameless and forgotten hoarders that we&#039;re now able to pick up this obscure ruler&#039;s coins on the cheap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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