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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7426405, member: 85693"]Thank you [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] for your responses! </p><p><br /></p><p>Valentinian II does seem likely because of the length of the legend, although I cannot find a VOT V for him from Heraclea, nor one with a continuous legend. </p><p><br /></p><p>Arcadius the name seems short for the visible legend, but continuous legend from Heraclea is a known issue. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient coins can be baffling. Which is kind of fun. Thanks again for the suggestions. </p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody is interested, here is the odd-job eBay lot this coin came from - I found the little VOT V far more interesting and appealing than I thought. Furthermore, I now have a pocket piece dupondius of Trajan and a Gordian Viminacium too. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289356[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I bid on it because I loved that green Gordian III from Nikopolis. As it turns out, I think it is a reverse (and possibly obverse?) die-match for a Baldwin's offering from 2016 (also included as an RPC Online example). Perhaps of interest to [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] ?: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289358[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>With Baldwin's example on the right - note the ligate OY and the wonky spacing of the NIK O...and the poorly-struck eagle's head on both: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289357[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gordian III Æ 25</b></p><p><b>(c. 238-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inf., Nicopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p><b>Sabinius Modestus, legatus</b></p><p>[ΑΥΤ Κ Μ] ΑΝΤΩ(Ν) ΓΟΡΔ[ΙΑΝ]ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔƐ]ϹΤ<u>ΟΥ</u> ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ [ΙϹΤΡΟΝ], eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak</p><p>(11.80 grams / 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>RPC VII.2, (unassigned; ID 28829); Varbanov 4192; AMNG 2099.</p><p>Possible obv. (?) / reverse die match to RPC specimen, from Baldwin's Auction 99, Lot 686 4 May 2016</p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=889251|1678|686|a0d497bf24d413d3f54d96116e77133b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=889251|1678|686|a0d497bf24d413d3f54d96116e77133b" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=889251|1678|686|a0d497bf24d413d3f54d96116e77133b</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7426405, member: 85693"]Thank you [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] for your responses! Valentinian II does seem likely because of the length of the legend, although I cannot find a VOT V for him from Heraclea, nor one with a continuous legend. Arcadius the name seems short for the visible legend, but continuous legend from Heraclea is a known issue. Ancient coins can be baffling. Which is kind of fun. Thanks again for the suggestions. If anybody is interested, here is the odd-job eBay lot this coin came from - I found the little VOT V far more interesting and appealing than I thought. Furthermore, I now have a pocket piece dupondius of Trajan and a Gordian Viminacium too. [ATTACH=full]1289356[/ATTACH] I bid on it because I loved that green Gordian III from Nikopolis. As it turns out, I think it is a reverse (and possibly obverse?) die-match for a Baldwin's offering from 2016 (also included as an RPC Online example). Perhaps of interest to [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] ?: [ATTACH=full]1289358[/ATTACH] With Baldwin's example on the right - note the ligate OY and the wonky spacing of the NIK O...and the poorly-struck eagle's head on both: [ATTACH=full]1289357[/ATTACH] [B]Gordian III Æ 25 (c. 238-244 A.D.) Moesia Inf., Nicopolis ad Istrum Sabinius Modestus, legatus[/B] [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ] ΑΝΤΩ(Ν) ΓΟΡΔ[ΙΑΝ]ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [ΥΠ ϹΑΒ ΜΟΔƐ]ϹΤ[U]ΟΥ[/U] ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ [ΙϹΤΡΟΝ], eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak (11.80 grams / 25 mm) [B]Attribution Notes:[/B] RPC VII.2, (unassigned; ID 28829); Varbanov 4192; AMNG 2099. Possible obv. (?) / reverse die match to RPC specimen, from Baldwin's Auction 99, Lot 686 4 May 2016 [URL]https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=889251|1678|686|a0d497bf24d413d3f54d96116e77133b[/URL][/QUOTE]
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