RPC VII.2, 3551

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3551
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?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 115, 2079–99, 2119–38
Specimens 45 (34 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.607 BMC 245
2 2     L: G.5098 BMC 246
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1144 BMC 248
4 4     P: AA.GR.11399
5 5     P: Chandon de Briailles 797
6 6     P: Chandon de Briailles 796
7 7     P: Chandon de Briailles 798
8 8     P Bab 1316
9 9     P Bab 1316
10 10     B: 18275191, Löbb.
11 11     B: 18275187, Löbb.
12 12     B: 18275189, Knobelsdorff
13 13     B: 18275188, 1865/28713
14 14     B: 18275193, Löbb.
15 15     B: 18275190, Löbb.
16 16     C McClean 9473
17 17     C McClean 9474
18 18     G SNG 3321
19 19     G SNG 3322
20 20     Mu
21 21     NY: 1992.54.816
22 22     NY: 1948.19.2262
23 23     NY: 1944.100.72435
24 24     NY: 1944.100.72431
25 25     NY: 1944.100.72432
26 26     NY: 1930.3.11
27 27     NY: 1992.54.817
28 28     O: Raye
29 29     O: Milne
30 30     O: Milne
31 31     V: GR 22117
32 32     V: GR 22114
33 33     V: GR 22116
34 34     V: GR 22115
35 35     Beirut-AUB: C745 Baramki 123
36 36     Beirut-AUB: C747 Baramki 124
37 37     Beirut-AUB: C746 Baramki 126, pl. XVIII, 1
38 38     Braunschweig SNG 1427
39 39     IMJ: 16099
40 40     Münster: M 1494
41 41     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 239
42 42     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 379
43 43     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1267
44 44     Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1599
45 45     Private coll.