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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4601489, member: 57495"]Great coins, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] and [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER]. I really like the fact that RPC with this database attempts to catalog as many examples of each type as they've been able to find, even the ones in less than sterling condition. My coin below is just 1 of 63 (!) specimens cataloged for its type. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139706[/ATTACH]<b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend); RPC VII.2, - (unassigned; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3513" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3513" rel="nofollow">ID 3513</a>). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being able to look at them all in one place can also be illuminating. For example, there are 20 specimens cataloged for the coin type below. Before seeing them altogether, I didn't realize there were two reverse legend variants - ones ending with ΚA/ΛYK, as on my coin, and others with that part of the city name ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝ (Calycadnum) fully spelt out. And even more interesting, almost every example (19 of the 20 coins) bears the "small circle within Δ" countermark on the obverse that mine also has. And where 5 examples also bear a second "ΚΑ in monogram" countermark, the additional countermark on mine is a different one (not exactly sure what it is, at the chin, perhaps a retrograde Є in an incuse circle?). I've no idea why virtually all were countermarked, but it's now provided a new avenue of exploration. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139709[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE Tetrassarion. 15.57g, 30.5mm. CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, circa AD 238-244. SNG Levante 764 var. (rev legend). SNG Paris 1011-1012 var. (rev legend); RPC VII.2, - (unassigned; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70023" rel="nofollow">ID 70023</a>). O: ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄBATOC (sic!), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind; on neck, small circle within Δ countermark (Howgego 670); before bust, uncertain countermark. R: СЄΛЄYΚЄΩΝ TΩ ΠP-OC ΚA/ΛYK, Athena advancing right, holding shield and brandishing spear at the Anguiped (snake-legged giant) Enceladus who raises his arms to throw stones at her.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4601489, member: 57495"]Great coins, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] and [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER]. I really like the fact that RPC with this database attempts to catalog as many examples of each type as they've been able to find, even the ones in less than sterling condition. My coin below is just 1 of 63 (!) specimens cataloged for its type. [ATTACH=full]1139706[/ATTACH][B]GORDIAN III[/B] AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend); RPC VII.2, - (unassigned; [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3513']ID 3513[/URL]). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon. Being able to look at them all in one place can also be illuminating. For example, there are 20 specimens cataloged for the coin type below. Before seeing them altogether, I didn't realize there were two reverse legend variants - ones ending with ΚA/ΛYK, as on my coin, and others with that part of the city name ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝ (Calycadnum) fully spelt out. And even more interesting, almost every example (19 of the 20 coins) bears the "small circle within Δ" countermark on the obverse that mine also has. And where 5 examples also bear a second "ΚΑ in monogram" countermark, the additional countermark on mine is a different one (not exactly sure what it is, at the chin, perhaps a retrograde Є in an incuse circle?). I've no idea why virtually all were countermarked, but it's now provided a new avenue of exploration. [ATTACH=full]1139709[/ATTACH] [B]GORDIAN III[/B] AE Tetrassarion. 15.57g, 30.5mm. CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, circa AD 238-244. SNG Levante 764 var. (rev legend). SNG Paris 1011-1012 var. (rev legend); RPC VII.2, - (unassigned; [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70023']ID 70023[/URL]). O: ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄBATOC (sic!), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind; on neck, small circle within Δ countermark (Howgego 670); before bust, uncertain countermark. R: СЄΛЄYΚЄΩΝ TΩ ΠP-OC ΚA/ΛYK, Athena advancing right, holding shield and brandishing spear at the Anguiped (snake-legged giant) Enceladus who raises his arms to throw stones at her.[/QUOTE]
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