RPC VII.2, 3550

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3550
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Second issue: COS I
Dating AD 239–41
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) I
Translation Emperor Gordian, Augustus, consul for the first time
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design Bacchus, nude, standing facing, head left, nebris over left shoulder, holding rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther left; in exergue, at times vine leaf (or ear of corn?); in field, left, small altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.99 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 115, 2111–18
Specimens 8 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 787
2 2     P: Y 20263, Seymour de Ricci 687
3 3     P: Chandon de Briailles 789
4 4     ✸ P Bab 1318
5 5     B: 18275195, I-B
6 6     B: 18275194, Löbb.
7 7     NY: 1948.19.2263
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72427