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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5676756, member: 19463&quot;]Most of my Gordians came to me in the previous millennium when he was less popular and cheap especially if you were willing to put up with a little &#039;problem&#039; here and there. The first was not cheap ($187 in 2000) but coins as Caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus are premium.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242605[/ATTACH] </p><p>I was of the opinion that a crack like this was &#039;bad&#039; enough to be &#039;good&#039;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242606[/ATTACH] </p><p>This was what $60 bought in 1989.&nbsp; I would not have paid that much but I really liked the flan shape.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242607[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sometimes you just can&#039;t pass up a deal.&nbsp; This was $9 from Jonathan Kern in 2000.&nbsp; The reverse strike was appealing and the hole (what hole?) shape looks like a triangular nail.&nbsp; I am currently going through my coins looking for some to sacrifice.&nbsp; This will not be one.&nbsp; Most collectors would see this as a &#039;glass half empty&#039; but I saw $9 in it with no hesitation.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242609[/ATTACH] </p><p>My most recent sestertius was this LAETITIA AVG N in 2016 which I bought because the asses of this type then available were selling higher than I would pay.&nbsp; My Gordian as overstruck with a Byzantine Anonymous follis was this type and I wanted one to show.&nbsp; I still do but spend no time looking anymore.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242610[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III asses are a bit harder to find than sestertii.&nbsp; I only have one which appealed because of the Hercules reverse (and it was cheap).&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242611[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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