Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3581 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 3581 |
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 front |
Reverse inscription | COL TYR METR(O), ΑΜΒΡΟϹΙΕ ΠΕΤΡΕ(Ι) |
Edition | col(onia) Tyr(us) Metro(polis) αμβροσίε Πέτρει |
Translation | the colony of Tyre, metropolis, the Ambrosial Rocks |
Reverse design | ambrosial rocks on bases flanking olive tree; in exergue, murex shell |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 29 mm |
Average weight | 16.31 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 11, 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 2436 |
Specimens | 14 (4 in the core collections) |
Note | Sometimes, no bases under the rocks are represented. |