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<p>[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 4644482, member: 99412"]An interesting coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147671[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Antioch, Pisida. Æ36 x 31 mm; 21.22 gm.</p><p>Obv: (IMP CAES) M ANT GORDIAN(US AVG). Laur, dr. and cuirassed bust r.</p><p>Rev. (ANTIOCHIA COLONIA CAESARIA), (S R) in exergue, Sol in quadriga of horses leaping skyward left. Same dies as Krzyzanowska XX/90, pl. XXXVIII, p. 183, a coin known only from this die pair. SNG von Aulock 4962; SNG BN 1230; CNG Research__; acsearch__. Rare.</p><p>Dark green patina. Silver plated in antiquity? Silver visible on reverse and other areas. Edge hammered down to a knife edge at 12 h (Obverse) and possibly mounted in some manner in ancient times, or used as a tool of some sort. Flan crack as a result of flattening/sharpening the top edge?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 4644482, member: 99412"]An interesting coin: [ATTACH=full]1147671[/ATTACH] Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Antioch, Pisida. Æ36 x 31 mm; 21.22 gm. Obv: (IMP CAES) M ANT GORDIAN(US AVG). Laur, dr. and cuirassed bust r. Rev. (ANTIOCHIA COLONIA CAESARIA), (S R) in exergue, Sol in quadriga of horses leaping skyward left. Same dies as Krzyzanowska XX/90, pl. XXXVIII, p. 183, a coin known only from this die pair. SNG von Aulock 4962; SNG BN 1230; CNG Research__; acsearch__. Rare. Dark green patina. Silver plated in antiquity? Silver visible on reverse and other areas. Edge hammered down to a knife edge at 12 h (Obverse) and possibly mounted in some manner in ancient times, or used as a tool of some sort. Flan crack as a result of flattening/sharpening the top edge?[/QUOTE]
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