Roman Provincial Coins
Gordian III
Gordian III
AE21, 6.99 gms, die axis 12h
BMC 241ff, SNG Cop 124
Obv: IMP GORDI[.........................}
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right., star before
Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Dionysos nude standing front, embracing small satyr standing left, panter at feet looking up, grape vines either side.
Gordian III
AE22, 8.79 gms, die axis 12h
BMC 245, SNG Cop 125, Lindgren AML 2273
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right., star before
Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Dionysos nude standing front, head left, holding rhyton (a ceremonial drinking cup shaped like an animal head or horn)
and thyrsos(a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes entwined with ivy or vine leaves), panther at feet.
Gordian III
AE25, 7.99 gms, die axis 12h
BMC Phoenicia, pg 87, 231, SNG Cop 123v(no lion below steps, Rouvier, JIAN 3(1900), 307,602
Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind., star before
Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER
tetrastyle temple of Astarte, half length bust of Astarte facing, flanked by standards within; dolphin below
From the George His collection of coins of Gordian III.
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