RPC II, 2058

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2058
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Vespasian
Issue Year 200
Dating AD 74/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription Σ (in field)
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram ΤΥΡ; in field, Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Rouvier 2216
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2218