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TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 12/30/2006 5:04 pm OK, I need help with what this is and what it might be worth.And if in fact its real. Report this Post to the Staff

swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 12/30/2006 6:50 pm Looks Roman to me - IMP (emperor) GORDIANUS - that part is pretty clear. It must be debased given the split in the flan. Real or fake it is likely worth about the same. $ 5-7. I have a couple like this that I got in a lot of fakes a few years ago. Report this Post to the Staff
TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 12/30/2006 7:02 pm Thanks Bob. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 12/31/2006 12:01 am Emperor Gordian III (238-244 AD), silver antoninianus (double-denarius), obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Reverse: FELICIT TEMPOR, Felicitas (Happiness) standing holding long caduceus and cornucopia. Sear catalogue (millennium edition) #8607, CV $20 in VF. Swamperbob's probably right on the money for your specimen. Coins of this emperor are very common, and often found in a high state of preservation - almost as if the entire coinage went straight from the mint into holes in the ground. The silver fineness at the time was quite low - somewhere around 30%. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 12/31/2006 07:47 am Thanks sap, I knew you would have the full info. Report this Post to the Staff
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