#99
New
obv. legend and
rev. type variant
Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 27, 10g
obv. AVT KM ANT
GORDIANOC AVG (VG
ligate)
Bust, draped and
cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MARKIANO - POLITWN
Ares, helmeted, with
cuirass and mantle, stg. l., holding with r. hand
shield set on ground
and resting with raised l. hand on inversed spear.
ref.: a)
AMNG I/1, 1104 (1 ex., Imhoof)
Pick writes: "Ares (
Virtus?)"; but it is surely Ares, because
Virtus regularly is clad like
an Amazon with a bare breast
b) not in
Varbanov (engl.)
#1885
cf.:
AVG not
ligate! The
ligate variant would have got a different number by
Varbanov.
c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
No.6.36.4.2 =
AMNG 1105 (Ares too, but with a different
obv. legend, and Ares holds
a
patera in extended r. hand!)
could be added as No.6.36.4.3
ex coll. Posa (
German Forum)
Best regards
Edit: The above
attribution is not correct. Actually it is Ares Hristova/Jekov No.6.36.11.1;
AMNG I/1, 1104. Thanks to Charles Rhodes for this correction!