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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4968391, member: 96898"]By now, I've taken "real" pictures of a couple of coins from Tauler y Fau that were in the mail for about seven months but finally arrived (I showed the whole lot <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-coins-that-i-thought-lost-finally-arrived.368494/#post-4952663" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-coins-that-i-thought-lost-finally-arrived.368494/#post-4952663">here</a>). </p><p><br /></p><p>Among these coins is this Gordian sestertius, which has an interesting and unusual legend in the accusative case:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194168[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 244 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, draped, cuirassed and laureate, r. Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars, helmeted, in military attire, hastening r., holding transverse spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand; in fields flanking, SC. 30mm, 23.58g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 333.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4968391, member: 96898"]By now, I've taken "real" pictures of a couple of coins from Tauler y Fau that were in the mail for about seven months but finally arrived (I showed the whole lot [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-coins-that-i-thought-lost-finally-arrived.368494/#post-4952663']here[/URL]). Among these coins is this Gordian sestertius, which has an interesting and unusual legend in the accusative case: [ATTACH=full]1194168[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Gordian III, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 244 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, draped, cuirassed and laureate, r. Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars, helmeted, in military attire, hastening r., holding transverse spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand; in fields flanking, SC. 30mm, 23.58g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 333.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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