RPC VII.2, 3568

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3568
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition 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 MET, 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄
Edition col(onia) Tyr(o) Met(ropolis) 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤄
Translation Colony of Tyre, metropolis, Elissa
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding short sceptre and aplustre, between two figures on deck of galley; figure on left emptying uncertain circular objects into sea; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.58 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2431
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273416, 1936/103
2 2     Mu
3 3     Harvard: 1982.100.68
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 248
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 192
7 7     Gush Halav hoard 137