RPC VII.2, 3549

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3549
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 right, right hand raised above head and with left embracing satyr standing left; at feet, panther left; all in arch of vines with grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 116, 2143–64
Specimens 28 (20 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1143 BMC 241
2 2     L: 1845,1217.79 BMC 242
3 3     L: 1840,1215.201 BMC 243
4 4     P: Chandon de Briailles 788
5 5     P: Vogüé 324
6 6     P Bab 1320
7 7     B: 18275198, I-B
8 8     C: Leake
9 9     G SNG 3323
10 10     Mu
11 11     Mu
12 12     NY: 1944.100.72424
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72425
14 14     NY: 1948.19.2261
15 15     NY: 1944.100.72423
16 16     O: Bouchier
17 17     O: Milne
18 18     O: Christ Church
19 19     V: GR 22113
20 20     V: GR 22111
21 21     IMJ: 16100
22 22     IMJ: 4768
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 425
25 25     CNG EA 323, 26 Mar. 2014, lot 284
26 26     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 690
27 27     Münzzentrum Rheinland 188, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 108 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 375
28 28     Private coll.