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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4601498, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;ve since found that another five of my Gordian III provincials are cataloged in the RPC database, the neatest discovery being that the Anchialus bronze below is also a plate coin for a specialized reference for its city.&nbsp; It&#039;s RPC database <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/331785" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/331785" rel="nofollow">entry</a> notes that it&#039;s illustrated in Yanislav Tachev&#039;s <i>The Coinage of Anchialos</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139721[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE25. 6.52g, 25.4mm. THRACE, Anchialus, circa AD 238-244. Varbanov 608 (R5); Tachev, Anchialos 140 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>); RPC VII.2, - (<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48988" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48988" rel="nofollow">unassigned; ID 48988</a>). O: ΓOPΔIANOC AV KA; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield. R: AΓXIAΛEΩN; Cybele enthroned left between two lions, holding phiale and resting arm on drum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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