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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 4235902, member: 80783&quot;]Congratulations and welcome to the club! Your coin is not ugly at all. It is perfectly identifiable and one of only around 200 known Sestertii of Gordian II. His are actually even rarer than those of Gordian I.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike on their Denarii, both rulers issued the same six reverse types on Sestertii, but interestingly (and unmentioned by RIC, Cohen, BMCRE and Sear) each type was only regularly struck by one of them (ROMAE AERTERNAE and VIRTVS AVGG by Gordian II (with 58 and 31 specimens respectively listed by Banti), VICTORIA AVGG, SECVRITAS AVGG, PROVIDENTIA AVGG and PM TR P COS PP by Gordian I&nbsp;&nbsp; (46, 35, 33 and 12 specimens in Banti), while each of these types is a great rarity for the other emperor (only 1 - 5 specimens of each known to Banti).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As many of their Sestertii are so worn that no hair is left even on Gordian I´s head, even many renowned auction houses are frequently misattributing Sestertii of Gordian I for Gordian II and vice versa. According to my die study, the only safe distinction can be made from the shape of the head (plumber with higher forehead for Gordian II) and especially the mouth (slightly protruding upper lip for Gordian I and lower lip for Gordian II. </p><p>Your coin is certainly Gordian II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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