RPC VII.2, 3543

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3543
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 ΑΡ(Α)ΔΙΩΝ
Edition ἔτους ηϙυʹ Ἀραδίων ἔτους ηϙυʹ Ἀραδίων
Translation of year 498, of the Aradians
Reverse design vase with two palms at shoulders flanked by two seated sphinxes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.98 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 420
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.4178 BMC 387
2 2     ✸ L: BNK,G.1238 BMC 388
3 3     P: L 139 Rouvier 420 = Bab 1177
4 4     B: 18275170, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275169, Rauch
6 6     NY: 1944.100.70781
7 7     C. Rhodes coll. = NFA 33, 3 May 1994, lot 1626
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG EA 212, 13 May 2009, lot 219
10 10     CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 446
11 11     Lindgren I, 2242
12 12     Louis Brousseau 1, 24 Aug. 2019, lot 232
13 13     B. Michaux coll. = Sol Numismatics 52, 28 Mar. 2026, lot 180