Roman Provincial Coins
Gordian III
BERYTUS, PHOENICIA
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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