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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3657937, member: 97383"]Your bronze issue of Severus Alexander makes an interesting comparison to my Gordian III example. The overall workmanship on your example is superior to the Gordian III example, most likely it's a different celator. The main composition on the Gordian III reverse of the she-wolf and twins is larger on my example, in relation to the diameter of the die. If the celator included the fig tree there wouldn't have been room for the entire inscription. The layout of the reverse inscription on your reverse is different too. I'm no expert in the Latin language but it appears the reverse inscription layout is incorrect on the Gordian III example. <b>CAES </b>(Caesarea) and <b>COL </b>(Colonia) are titles given to Antioch, and should appear before the word Antioch, as in your example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3657937, member: 97383"]Your bronze issue of Severus Alexander makes an interesting comparison to my Gordian III example. The overall workmanship on your example is superior to the Gordian III example, most likely it's a different celator. The main composition on the Gordian III reverse of the she-wolf and twins is larger on my example, in relation to the diameter of the die. If the celator included the fig tree there wouldn't have been room for the entire inscription. The layout of the reverse inscription on your reverse is different too. I'm no expert in the Latin language but it appears the reverse inscription layout is incorrect on the Gordian III example. [B]CAES [/B](Caesarea) and [B]COL [/B](Colonia) are titles given to Antioch, and should appear before the word Antioch, as in your example.[/QUOTE]
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