RPC II, 2078

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2078
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Vespasian
Issue Year 203
Dating AD 77/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of Tyche with palm, right
Reverse inscription ΓΣ, ΙΕΡΑ ΑΣ, ΤΥΡ
Edition γσʹ ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου Τύρου γσʹ ἱερᾶ(ς) ἀσ(ύλου) Τύρ(ου)
Translation 203, of sacred, inviolable Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.50 g
Reference Rouvier 2137
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2121
2 2     Beirut-AUB Baramki 106