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VII.2, 3566
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3566
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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
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
L: 1899,0704.2
BMC 425
32
19.05
12
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2
2
P
Bab 2266
32
20.02
1
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