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Offline ancientone

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Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« on: May 23, 2014, 07:59:41 am »
My first coin from Lycia and thought I would share it with the board.

Obv: AYTKAIMANTGORDIANOCCEB   Bust of Gordian III r., laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass.
Rev: MY P A [E?] WN    In tetrastyle temple, simulacrum of Artemis Eleutheras, wearing veil and modius.
AE32, 19.2g.

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Charlie
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Re: Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2014, 12:12:05 pm »


Congratulations on nabbing a nice Lycian of Gordian III. These are by far my most favorite coins to collect of Gordian III, rare and typically expensive.

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Re: Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2014, 04:35:17 pm »
Thank you gordian_guy. There seems to be multiple types for Gordian so I'm guessing the numbers are low. I did learn that Myra is the town that St. Nicholas is from...
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Re: Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2014, 04:50:57 pm »
Hi,

Fantastic. I love coins with buildings and monuments.

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Re: Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2014, 11:49:02 pm »

I took a gander through von Aulock's catalog of Lycian coins and you coin is from a pair of dies of which he was unaware. The closest is von Aulock Lycia 148, but both of the dies are different. Not uncommon given how old the reference is and how much new stuff shows up on the market.

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Re: Lycia, Myra. Gordian III AE32
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2014, 08:26:24 am »
Thank you for looking that up.  The closest match I had found was BMC 12 where the temple columns have a different spacing and style. 
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