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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3879 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |