RPC II, 2066

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2066
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Domitian
Issue Year 220
Dating AD 94/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΚΣ (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 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2222–3
Specimens 17 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2134
2 2     Cop SNG 338
3 3     L: 1841,B.3625 BMC 290
4 4     L: RPK,p174C.2.Tyr BMC 291
5 5     L: 1900,0707.199 BMC 292
6 6     L: G.5149 BMC 293
7 7     Beirut-AUB Baramki 135
8 8     Beirut-AUB Baramki 136
9 9     Beirut-AUB Baramki 137
10 10     B: P-O
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 563
15 15     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Sol XXVII, 13 Apr. 2024, lot 363)
16 16     L: 1937,0714.3
17 17     L: 1925,0105.121