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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8153247, member: 85693&quot;]Glad you posted that Gordian III tet, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]. My last purchase for 2021 was an eBay lot of seven unattributed AEs, the best of which was a Gordian III tet featuring the head of Serapis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422368[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Egypt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Gordian III</b></p><p><b>Year 4 (240/241 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ƐΥϹ(Ɛ), laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / Draped bust of Serapis wearing kalantos right, L Δ across fields. </p><p>(11.32 grams / 21 x 20 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $2.79</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b>&nbsp; Apparently quite scarce; except for the three examples in RPC Online, I could find no others.&nbsp; Not in Wildwinds or acsearch (Jan. &#039;22). </p><p>Note:&nbsp; this specimen lacks the final Ɛ in obverse legend, as found on RPC examples:</p><p>RPC VII.2 (unassigned; ID 2919)</p><p>RPC notes secondary reference: D 4770 (Dattari?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Chunky!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422369[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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