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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4775845, member: 110226&quot;]Last night a shipment of three sestertii arrive from France.&nbsp; There are two of Faustina Junior and a third that needs identification.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a problematic coin, but the type that one would expect from a $49 purchase.&nbsp; It is corroded, and, for good measure cleaned, down the bare metal on the obverse.&nbsp; The corrosion has also affected the flan. The coin&#039;s weight is only 12.9 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now initially I thought this coin is one of Gordian III&#039;s issues, but then I looked at the portrait, what there is of it, and it really doesn&#039;t look like him; it is just too mature and kind of filled out, not youthful at all and lacking the high forehead that one sees on Gordian III&#039;s coins..&nbsp; So I went online and started looking at some of the later emperors, including Trajan Decius, Trebonianus Gallus and his son, Volusian.&nbsp; No match there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I started searching based on the reverse, which has a standing figure facing right, holding a spear and shield.&nbsp; I found a reverse that is very similar on a sestertius of Gordian II (RIC 8), from DeaMoneta:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.deamoneta.com/auctions/544/thumbs/438R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which leads me to think that this sad sestertius might be from Gordian II.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my photos of the coin in question:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162632[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coin actually looks better than the photos, and with time will re-tone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did Gordian III use the same reverse for one of his sestertii?&nbsp;&nbsp; Who do you think is on the obverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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