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VII.2, 3573A
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3573A
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3573A
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
COL TYR METRO
Edition
colonia Tyro metropoli
col(onia) Tyr(o) metro(poli)
Translation
at the colony Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design
Diomedes standing left, holding palladium, spear and chlamys; at left, murex; at right, palm tree
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
28 mm
Average weight
17.30 g
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition
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1
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B. Michaux coll. = Klondike 52, 13 Apr. 2024, lot 42
28
17.30
on the rev., traces of overstrike, apparently on a coin with Camdus holding a long sceptre
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