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This is currently one of my favorite coins. Gordian III Antoninianus. I purchased it from Forum Ancient Coins. 22.2 mm - 3.482 g. I like how Gordian minted so many coins, making it possible for us budget collectors to get a nice silver ancient coin for a decent price. The image is from the seller, since my camera skills will give you all a blurry picture hardly worth looking at.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Very nice looking coin, excellent detail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 CasualDave, very nice coin, great details..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice G3 :) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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United States
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It is a nice coin! Gordian is one of my "must have emperors" he is generally inexpensive and found in high grade, especially in silver, nothing wrong with that.
I find his life and reign quite interesting, particularly the succession of his crown to Philip the Arab, and the circumstances of his death.
From the Roman perspective Philip was an accomplished prefect and Gordian was a young and weak ruler, thus the guard supported Philip as he murdered G3. Although the Persian rock inscriptions of Shapur Shah of Persia say that Gordian fell in battle (a result of a broken leg after being dismounted) and the legions of Rome where destroyed, Philip pled for the lives of his men and a sum of 500,000 dinars of silver was paid, to allow Philip Caesar to Return to Rome. I don't know which of the two scenarios is true but the Shah's seems more credible as later emperors would be fall prey to his intellect. There for this coin is phat!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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an opportunity to show Shapur...  |
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New Member
 Canada
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I like the idea of Gordian falling in battle better than simply being murdered. The ancient world was a cruel place to live - and die.
It sounds like Shapur made life rough for more than one Roman emperor.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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With Gordian 111 antoninianii, you get the best 'bang for your buck', when it comes to Roman silver.
These are the coins that I would recommend to any new collector of Roman coins as their first buy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice one CD...and i picked up a gordian iii antoninianus a couple weeks ago..one of my favs also. |
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Posted 10/27/2013 11:47 am
