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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2949531, member: 82322&quot;]I wish this coin was pleasing.&nbsp; I saw it online and passed on it.&nbsp; Then I saw it at the Whitman coin show in April.&nbsp; It looks even worse in hand than the picture.&nbsp; There is a filled-in hole!&nbsp; Yet at the show I couldn&#039;t resist it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was disappointed because I had driven four hours to go to the show and couldn&#039;t find anything in my collecting area.&nbsp; I inspected this coin because it is a nice mythological type with Perseus.&nbsp; The coin is 36mm in diameter.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t seem much bigger than typical 32mm coins ... but the surface area and weight of an AE36 is nearly 27% greater than an AE32.&nbsp; The coin is huge.&nbsp; Even with the strange surface it is interesting to look at and hold.&nbsp; It also has an unusual bust type, showing Gordian wielding a shield with Medusa on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]720131[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cilicia, Tarsos, Gordian III (238-244 AD), Æ 36mm, 29.76g</p><p>Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC [CΕΒ] Π Π; Radiate and draped bust right, holding spear and shield, gorgonian and snakes on shield</p><p>Reverse: ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC ΑΜΚ ΓΒ; Perseus standing left, holding statuette of Apollo Lykeios, harpe and Medusa head.</p><p>Reference: SNG Levante 1133-4, SNG Paris 1710[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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