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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2881448, member: 57495&quot;]This Gordian III, also from Tarsus, shows a Labour proper; specifically, the one he was heading for when he was waylaid by Antaios.&nbsp; The ever-so-slightly rough surfaces on this coin are a little regrettable <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690733[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right;&nbsp; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of Hesperides; serpent-entwined tree to left.</p><p>Notes: The reverse legend proclaims that Tarsus, designated metropolis, was the First (<i>PRWTH)</i>, Greatest (<i>MEGISTH) </i>and Most Beautiful (<i>KALLISTH</i>) city of three provinces (Cilicia, Isauria, Lycaonia), and the holder of two neocories.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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