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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2620703, member: 75937&quot;]I don&#039;t know any details about the hoard, but some of the sestertii in the hoard included Philip I, Julia Mamaea, Maximinus Thrax, and Gordian III. They are all very well preserved and similarly patinated (dark, almost-black green).</p><p><br /></p><p>These arrived today:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574820[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244</p><p>Roman AE Sestertius</p><p>Rome, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241, </p><p>20.01 gm; 28.2 mm</p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PM TRP IIII COS II PP SC, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and resting left arm on lyre.</p><p>Refs: RIC 302; Cohen 252; Sear --; Banti 72</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574821[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244</p><p>Roman AE Sestertius</p><p>Rome, AD 240</p><p>24.30 gm; 28.7 mm</p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: LIBERTAS AVG SC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter,</p><p>Refs: RIC 318a; Cohen 153; Sear 8717; Hunter 147[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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