RPC VII.2, 3582

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3582
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 MET, ΑΜΒΡΟϹΙƐ ΠƐΤΡƐ
Reverse design ambrosial rocks on platform flanked by star and crescent, altar on l., olive tree on r.; in exergue, murex shell
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2437
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 3426
2 2     IMJ: 4057
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 229
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 412