Coin of Tyre under Gordian III | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1982.100.68
People: Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
Title: Coin of Tyre under Gordian III
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 238-244
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tyre (Phoenicia)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/170414

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.23 g
Die Axis: 11

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Unpublished? But cf. BMC Pl. XLIV, no. 9 (rev.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year: 1982
Object Number: 1982.100.68
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of Gordian III, r., laureate.
Rev.: Dido standing in galley, l., with helmsman and sailor fore and aft; inscription, "Dido" in Aramaic, on a tablet at lower l. at bottom of hull just before steering oar; other Aramaic inscriptions to either side of Dido.

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