RPC VII.2, 3541

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3541
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗϘΥ = 498
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Β ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition βʹ Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός βʹ Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation 2, Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΗϘΥ ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ
Edition ἔτους ηϙυʹ Ἀραδίων ἔτους ηϙυʹ Ἀραδίων
Translation of year 498, of the Aradians
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn; at feet, river god swimming left; in right field, bull protome
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.27 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1849,0424.2 BMC 389
2 2     B: 18258274, 1865/28713
3 3     Bern: N/82.2238 SNG Righetti 2238
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Savoca 20 Blue, 18 May 2019, lot 1572
6 6     Trade (Vcoins, Ancient Imports, 38191)
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 136 Blue, 25 June 2022, lot 739