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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3911005, member: 75937&quot;]That Gordian as is lovely, [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] , with a patina that can only be described as jaw-dropping!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for starting this thread so I can show of some coins I&#039;ve been cataloging and storing but are too mundane to post as separate threads. So, here they are making their debut here at CT. Please welcome, in all their soporific, quotidian glory ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030810[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.88 g, 18.0 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 149.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and resting left hand on anchor.</p><p>Refs: RIC 175; BMCRE 657-60; Cohen 284; RCV --; Strack 191.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030803[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.62 g, 21.6 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, 2nd officina, 3rd emission, AD 241-243.</p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding scepter and thunderbolt.</p><p>Refs: RIC 84; Cohen 109; RCV 8615; Hunter 51.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030806[/ATTACH] </p><p>Valerian I, AD 253-260,</p><p>Roman provincial AE 19 mm, 4.83 g, 7 h.</p><p>Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-260.</p><p>Obv: IMP LICINI VALERIANV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: COL AVG TRO, horse feeding, right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 17.29, 159; cf: Bellinger A 436, SNG von Aulock 7573, SNG Copenhagen 191, Mionnet Suppl. V 313-314 (variations of inscriptions).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030809[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantius I, as Caesar, AD 293-305.</p><p>Roman billion antoninianus, 3.06 g, 22.4 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Antioch, AD 293-294.</p><p>Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, </p><p>radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IOVI ET HERCVLI CONS CAES, Jupiter standing right, holding globe and scepter, facing Hercules standing left, holding Victory, club and lion&#039;s skin; S//XXI•.</p><p>Refs: RIC V, ii, p. 302, 673; RCV 13985; Cohen 164.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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