RPC VII.2, 3553

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3553
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Third issue: COS II
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) II P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Augustus, consul for the second time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopia and aquila; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.80 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 117, 2191–2209
Specimens 30 (18 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,1215.33 BMC 231
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1148 BMC 232
3 3     L: G.5096 BMC 233
4 4     L: 1906,1103.63 BMC 234
5 5     P: Chandon de Briailles 794
6 6     P: De Clercq 357
7 7     P Bab 1325
8 8     P Bab 1326
9 9     B: 18275178, I-B
10 10     B: 18275177, Löbb.
11 11     Mu
12 12     NY: 1948.19.2260
13 13     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72420
14 14     NY: 1934.94.16
15 15     NY: 1944.100.72421
16 16     O: New College
17 17     O: Bodley
18 18     V: GR 22105
19 19     Beirut-AUB: C742 Baramki 120
20 20     Bern: N/82.2254 SNG Righetti 2254
21 21     Braunschweig SNG 1426
22 22     IMJ: 16102
23 23     IMJ: 4765
24 24     CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 132
25 25     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 302
26 26     CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 477
27 27     Lindgren III, 1389
28 28     Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 488
29 29     Private coll.
30 30     Boston: 68.782