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Offline kc

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Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« on: June 02, 2022, 12:28:54 pm »
I am happy to got this beautiful medaillon..a dream came true, I always wanted to have a Colosseum  :laugh:

Gordianus Pius Medaillon
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI AVG, Colosseum - within, bull on left fighting elephant on right; to left, Fortuna standing facing behind the Meta Sudans, her head left and holding rudder; to right, statue within small temple or shrine.
Mint: Rome, 244 AD.

37mm 34,84g

Cf. Gnecchi II 23 (pl. 104, no. 6); Banti 54.

Ex Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 654.



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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2022, 02:39:23 pm »
 +++ ... sure, thats a coin of the day.. or week... or year ;)

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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2022, 04:17:25 pm »
I love it.

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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2022, 12:19:09 pm »
Thank you, Jörg and Virgil :)

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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2022, 02:43:44 pm »
Wow!
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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2022, 05:45:44 pm »
A "Wow!" from Joe is a rare nobilitation for a coin. :) But that's absolutely awesome, would be a coin of a decade for me.

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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2022, 09:32:08 am »
Yes,  Joe's comment was a big surprise for me, it honors the coin and it means a lot to me ;)

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Re: Gordianus Pius Colosseum
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2022, 02:45:15 pm »
Spectacular!

 

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