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Gordian III Æ28 Odessos

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 Posted 06/06/2018  9:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list

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brushing it with a toothbrush


As opposed to the "usual kitchen supplies." So, clearly then, for this one you slaved in your bathroom...
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 Posted 06/06/2018  10:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
No actually being an early riser and having a wife who can be awakened by a flea farting in the night, I keep my tooth brush by the kitchen sink !
Right next to the coffee pot !
Believe it or not I could not locate the 'worn out' one I keep for such purpose
I said "oh what the heck" and used my new one !
Makes me feel closer to my subject
Something I can sink my teeth into !
The few I have left anyway
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 Posted 06/06/2018  10:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gtkwml to your friends list
Did distilled water suffice for the soak? Or did you use something else to dissolve it? Would appreciate knowing the details. Thanks for any info you can give.
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 Posted 06/06/2018  10:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kushanshah to your friends list

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Isn't it a little unusual to have only some Greek letters in the inscription?
@Spence Can you explain better what you are asking? I'm not sure I understand.
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 Posted 06/07/2018  04:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Palouche to your friends list
I'm with gtkwml what did you use...really nice result!

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phantastic.Make from your hobby your job. albert
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"Always pass on what you have learned."

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 Posted 06/08/2018  5:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
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 Posted 06/08/2018  7:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list

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I'm not sure I understand.




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Obv. AVT M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVG



It seems like the last part of this inscription is AVG (for Augustus I'm thinking), but why not alpha-upsilon-gamma?


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 Posted 06/08/2018  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
I noted the same thing when trying to find proper attribution.
In fact I could not find this specific coin so I attempted to match the obverse legend with other similar coins of Gordian III from Odessos.
The one that seemed to match best ended in AVG.
It is possible that it is a typo error and as the ending of the legend is obscured on the coin I was taking a "guess"

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 Posted 06/08/2018  11:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
After just now checking acsearch I stand corrected and believe the legend (which I found elsewhere) is incorrect.
The space after ΓOΡΔIANOC is occupied by a small cornucopia.
We can scratch the AVG !
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 Posted 06/08/2018  11:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kushanshah to your friends list
OK. Yes, the final AYΓ is below the busts.
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 Posted 06/09/2018  06:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
Ok very interesting--that makes more sense to me. Thx!
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 Posted 07/26/2018  02:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wehmeyer to your friends list
Brushing it with a toothbrush?!

Without a scratches?
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