RPC II, 2063

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2063
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Domitian
Issue Year 210
Dating AD 84/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΙΣ (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 2219
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2126a M 5715
2 2     L BMC 274, pl. XXXI, 10: obv.
3 3     B: a. B.
4 4     ✸ M&M GmbH 17, 4 Oct. 2005, lot 1061