RPC I, 4710

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4710
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Augustus
Dating 3/2 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓, ΡΚΔ
Edition Τύρου לצר ρκδʹ Τύρ(ου) לצר ρκδʹ
Translation of Tyre (in Greek and Phoenician), 124
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 10.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: EH,p669.3.Tyr BMC 269
2 2     B
3 3     B