RPC VII.2, 3546

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3546
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue First issue
Dating AD 238–9
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL BER
Reverse design two legionary eagles, facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 114, 2060–72
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,0703.22 BMC 254
2 2     P Bab 1315
3 3     B: 18275200, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18275201, Friedländer
5 5     Mu
6 6     Mu
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72442
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72443
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72444
10 10     Bern: N/G1879
11 11     B. Michaux coll.
12 12     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 266
13 13     Hirsch 191, 24 Sept. 1996, lot 1380
14 14     Trade (Moneta Numismatic Services, VCoins, 27841)
15 15     Trade (Pavlou, Vcoins, 1989)