RPC VII.2, 3548

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3548
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Second issue: COS I
Dating AD 239–41
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) I
Translation Emperor Gordian, Augustus, consul for the first time
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design Bacchus, nude, standing facing, head right, right hand raised above head and with left embracing satyr advancing right, holding pedum; at feet, panther left; all in arch of vines with grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.00 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 116, 2165–71
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1196.a BMC 244
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 790, Y 23455 bis
3 3     P: AA.GR.26749
4 4     P: AA.GR.26751
5 5     P: Y20263 'Elagabalus'
6 6     ✸ P Bab 1319
7 7     B: 18275196, I-B
8 8     B: 18275197, Löbb.
9 9     Cop SNG 124
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72426
11 11     O: Walker
12 12     V: GR 22112
13 13     Leeds-UL: 1282
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 888
16 16     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 265
17 17     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 265