RPC VII.2, 3572

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3572
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus 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 METRO, 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄, ΔΙΔW
Edition colonia Tyrus Metropolis 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄 Διδώ col(onia) Tyr(us) Metro(polis) 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄 Διδώ
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis, Elissa, Dido
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre, behind her palm tree, on left arched gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; above, murex shell; below, man digging right, with pick
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.02 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2430
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273415, I-B MG p. 447, no. 43
2 2     Cop SNG 372
3 3     Cast in Winterthur = M&M GmbH 1, 16 Sept. 1997, lot 274
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 349, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 324
5 5     CNG EA 498, 18 Aug. 2021, lot 240
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, lot 291