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VII.2, 3571
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3571
Province
Syria Phoenice
Region
Phoenicia
City
Tyre
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Nominative
Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription
COL TYR METR, ΔΙΔW, 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄
Reverse design
Dido standing l., holding ruler and sceptre, behind her palm tree, on l. arched gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; above, murex shell; below, man digging r., with pick
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
31 mm
Axis
6
Reference
Rouvier —
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
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1
1
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L: 1970,0909.242
Price & Trell p. 29, fig. 34 =
Gush Halav hoard
138
31
17.09
6
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