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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4559426, member: 57495&quot;]The legends say VIRTVS AVG, but if I had looked only at the bearded and helmeted figure holding the branch and spear, I would have said MARTI PACIFERO.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128692[/ATTACH]<b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AR Antoninianus. 4.56g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 240. RIC 56; Cohen 386. O: IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing facing, head left, holding branch and inverted spear; at his feet, grounded shield.</p><p><i>Ex St. Jean d&#039;Ardieres Hoard (Guillaumont-Richard, 9 April 2016, part of lot 180)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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