RPC II, 2059


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2059 json ttl rdf xml
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	ϹΓ (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 2217
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	P: 2219			11.07		Show
2	2 ✸	P: Y 28596/10		24	12.25	Α over the date	Show
3	3	G	Hunter III, p. 264, no. 14				Show
4	4	G	Hunter III, p. 264, no. 15				Show
5	5	Beirut-AUB	Baramki 132		9.96		Show