RPC II, 2059

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2059
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Vespasian
Issue Year 203
Dating AD 77/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓, ϹΓ (in field)
Edition Τύρ(ου) 𐤋𐤑𐤓 σγʹ
Translation of Tyre, (of Tyre), 203
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Reference Rouvier 2217
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2219
2 2     ✸ P: Y 28596/10
3 3     G Hunter III, p. 264, no. 14
4 4     G Hunter III, p. 264, no. 15
5 5     Beirut-AUB Baramki 132