RPC VII.2, 3581

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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
Nominative Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYR METR(O), ΑΜΒΡΟϹΙΕ ΠΕΤΡΕ(Ι)
Reverse design ambrosial rocks on bases flanking olive tree; in exergue, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2436
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, no bases under the rocks are represented.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 843A(Y 23455 bis)
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 843,Y 23455 bis
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.81882
4 4     NY: 1948.19.2493
5 5     Beirut-AUB: C1508 Baramki 262, pl. XXXI, 10
6 6     IMJ: 4056
7 7     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1314
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 235
11 11     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 108
12 12     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 780
13 13     R. McAlee coll. = Hirsch 157, 24 Feb. 1988, lot 658
14 14     Roma EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, lot 559