RPC III, 3879

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3879
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 224
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (in lines), ΔΚΣ (to l.), 𐤋𐤑𐤓,
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως δκσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, metropolis, (year) 224, of Tyre
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.42 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2233, BMC 331
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: RPK,p174C.1.Tyr BMC 331
2 2     P: 2137
3 3     ✸ CNG 87 (2011) lot 892
4 4     Cop SNG 339
5 5     O
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72976
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72977
8 8     Beirut-AUB: 138
9 9     Beirut-AUB: 139