RPC VII.2, 3566

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3566
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Pius Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription COL TYR METR
Edition col(onia) Tyr(o) metr(opolis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Cadmus, nude, standing right, holding club and hurling stone at upright serpent left; in left field murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.54 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2429
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1899,0704.2 BMC 425
2 2     P Bab 2266