RPC VII.2, 3541

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3541
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗϘΥ = 498
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Β ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΗϘΥ ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn; at feet, river god swimming left; in right field, bull protome
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1849,0424.2 BMC 389
2 2     B: 18258274, 1865/28713
3 3     Bern: N/82.2238 SNG Righetti 2238
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Savoca 20 Blue, 18 May 2019, lot 1572
6 6     Trade (Vcoins, Ancient Imports, 38191)
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 136 Blue, 25 June 2022, lot 739