coin from Gordianus featuring Dido

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Ancient coin depicting Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre, behind her palm tree, on left arched gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; above, murex shell; below, man digging right, with pick
Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre, behind her palm tree, on left arched gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; above, murex shell; below, man digging right, with pick

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Coin from Tyre from under Gordianus III, featuring the scene of Dido founding Carthage, with the name of Dido in both Greek and Phoenician(which, while extinct in mainland by then, was still remembered) Data sourced from Roman Provincial Coinage Online: RPC Online (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). A complete list of the epidoc files available can be found at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/epidoc.

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  • creator
    Tyre mint, Roman Empire(original coin)/RPC online(image)
  • credit
    Data sourced from Roman Provincial Coinage Online: RPC Online (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). A complete list of the epidoc files available can be found at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/epidoc.
  • issue
    3572
  • publisher
    University of Oxford
  • publisher place
    United Kingdom
  • rights holder
    Data sourced from Roman Provincial Coinage Online: RPC Online (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
  • series title
    Roman Provincial Coinage
  • volume
    VII.2