RPC VII.2, 3558

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3558
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 radiate, 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, lion advancing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.97 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 117, 2228–2245
Specimens 25 (17 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1906,0712.39 BMC 236
2 2     L: 1908,0110.11 BMC 237
3 3     ✸ L: 1909,0102.13 BMC 238
4 4     L: G.5097 BMC 239
5 5     P: AA.GR.26748
6 6     P: Chandon de Briailles 795, Y 23455 bis
7 7     P: AA.GR.26734
8 8     P Bab 1321
9 9     B: 18275176, Löbb.
10 10     B: 18275171, 1852/10641
11 11     B: 18275173, 1865/28713
12 12     C: Leake 6026
13 13     Cop SNG 122
14 14     Mu
15 15     NY: 1944.100.72418
16 16     NY: 1944.100.72417
17 17     O: Milne
18 18     Beirut-AUB: C744 Baramki 122, pl. XVII, 15
19 19     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 301
20 20     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 131
21 21     CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 278
22 22     Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1881
23 23     Münzzentrum Rheinland 175, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 464
24 24     Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 237 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 163
25 25     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 460