RPC II, 2060

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2060
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 ΓΣ (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
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 28596/11
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Cop SNG 332
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 547, 4 Oct. 2023, lot 637