RPC VII.2, 3552

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3552
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 left, nebris over left shoulder, holding rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther left; in exergue, at times vine leaf (or ear of corn?); in field, left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 115, 2100–10
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.199 BMC 247
2 2     L: 1840,1215.203 BMC 249
3 3     P: Vogüé 325
4 4     P: AA.GR.12883
5 5     P: Chandon de Briailles 791
6 6     B: 18275192, Löbb.
7 7     Cop SNG 125
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72429
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72434
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72430
11 11     NY: 1944.100.72428
12 12     NY: 1944.100.72433
13 13     Beirut-AUB: C748 Baramki 125
14 14     IMJ: 692
15 15     Winterthur: G 5208 GrMW III, 1055
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CNG EA 40, 22 Oct. 2001, lot 64596
20 20     CNG EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 341
21 21     Lindgren I, 2273
22 22     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 376
23 23     Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 603