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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7699279, member: 85693&quot;]Nice pickups - I like budget ancients in general, and that&#039;s a nice haul.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for little Gordian III&#039;s from Viminacium, this is one of my favorite Provincials, mostly because of the portrait.&nbsp; Only 3 grams: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321442[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 19 As</b></p><p><b>Year 1 (?) (238-239 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Viminacium, Moesia</b> <b>Superior</b></p><p>IMP CAES M ANT [GORDIANVS AVG], laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right /</p><p>PMS CO L VIM, Moesia standing, facing, bull and lion either side. [AN dot I? - year off flan] in ex.</p><p>AMNG 73 (uncertain attrib.).</p><p>(3.07 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s that Trajan in a worn, sestertius version:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321452[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(105-107 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC.</p><p>RIC 527; Cohen 542cf.</p><p>(25.86 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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