Here is only the 3rd specimen of this antiochene
mule minted under
Gordian IIIThe
obverse show us the draped and
cuirassed bust of
gordian only minted in the 1st
part of the second issue but the
reverse show us 1 of the 3 most usual
types of the second
part of the second issue
SAECVLI FELICITAS.
The 2 others coins are from Eauze and Rocquencourt
hoards and was minted with the same pair of dies. This coin was minted with 2 different dies.
This
type is the only one of the second
part of the second issue series known with this kind of
bust.
Only 2 kinds of
mules are known in
Antioch during
Gordian's reign, the other is a realy strange
mule minted with an
obverse of the 1st issue (239AD)
IMP CAES MANT
GORDIANVS AVG with a
reverse of the 1st
part of the second issue (242-244)
FIDES MILITVM Fides standing front head left holding 2 vertical standards.
here is a picture of the second
type of
mule in a french
collection,
Only 3 or 4 others specimens of this
mule are actually known
1 in the British museum,
1 in a
german collection,
1 showed on this
forum with a mistake on
obverse 1 from Dorchester
hoard (which is maybe one of the others)
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