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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3939721, member: 74834&quot;]One of the large provincials that came in this week. It&#039;s from Tarsus, a large city in Cilicia, in the south-east of nowadays Turkey. Many of you know that the apostle Paul was born there, as a Roman citizen. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin dates from more than two centuries later: Gordian III. AD 238-244. AE34, Tarsus. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄBA / Π - Π [Don&#039;t know what these two Pi&#039;s mean]. Rev. Gordian standing left, holding Victory on a globe and a spear. TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛ / N Γ - K B. 34 mm, 15.59 gr. SNG France 1682 var. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038489[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Not a common type, and I like the portrait, a boy reigning over millions, looking sternly up. He&#039;s going for Victory... but after only a few years he died, 19 years old, during or after a battle against the Sasanian Persians under Shapur I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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