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<p>[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1058318, member: 5739"]Well I guess this might be trickier than I thought to ID, heh. </p><p>But I did buy the coin for the wonderful young Gordian III portrait as well as the great detail on Victoria on the reverse, and not because of what mint the seller listed it being from, or the possibility of it being rare or valuable. Also at 5.49grams, it's fairly heavy for the Antoninianii of Gordian, not that coins of this weight of him are very rare or anything. I figured if it was the Eastern issue, that would just be a bonus to the wonderful coin I truly liked when I first saw. </p><p>And I paid less than what a decent grade of the most common of Gordian Antoninianii would cost, even with today's lower prices.</p><p>I appreciate everyone's help, especially you doug and you too Ardatirion, thank you both.</p><p>I will still post some better photos if I can manage to get any.... these are pretty good, I'll try though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1058318, member: 5739"]Well I guess this might be trickier than I thought to ID, heh. But I did buy the coin for the wonderful young Gordian III portrait as well as the great detail on Victoria on the reverse, and not because of what mint the seller listed it being from, or the possibility of it being rare or valuable. Also at 5.49grams, it's fairly heavy for the Antoninianii of Gordian, not that coins of this weight of him are very rare or anything. I figured if it was the Eastern issue, that would just be a bonus to the wonderful coin I truly liked when I first saw. And I paid less than what a decent grade of the most common of Gordian Antoninianii would cost, even with today's lower prices. I appreciate everyone's help, especially you doug and you too Ardatirion, thank you both. I will still post some better photos if I can manage to get any.... these are pretty good, I'll try though.[/QUOTE]
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