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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3097884, member: 19463&quot;]My favorite GIII provincial is an AE27 from Tomis with Tranquillina and Tyche but is above ordinary due to the reverse die being modified&nbsp; by gouging out the area that once bore the denomination letter.&nbsp; A raised lump remains.&nbsp; I suspect this was a 4 1/2 with the ligate form Δ&lt; but it would require finding a coin struck from the die before it was modified to be certain.&nbsp; I have seen one other specimen sold in a major auction but without comment by the catalogers. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]783384[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another oddball GIII i this Nicopolis ad Istrum with a really bad die break on the reverse.&nbsp; I can not see very many more coins being struck before this die failed completely but I have not seen others with this break. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]783387[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Just to prove not all my coins are oddball, here is an AE28 Nicopolis with Hermes. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]783390[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I always thought the coins of Hadrianopolis were artistically superior to most.&nbsp; This AE25 shows Apollo.... </p><p>[ATTACH=full]783392[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>....while this E26 has Zeus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783394[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are literally thousands of wonderful Gordian Provincials.&nbsp; The start of RPC online (only Province of Asia) has been posted but the finish will be a while, I suspect.</p><p><a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/advanced/?v=7.1&amp;search=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/advanced/?v=7.1&amp;search=Search" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/advanced/?v=7.1&amp;search=Search</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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