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, ΤΥΡ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓, ΚΣ (in field)
Edition Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) 𐤋𐤑𐤓 κσʹ
Translation of the Metropolis Tyre, of Tyre, 220
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.86 g
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