RPC III, 3884

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3884
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 233
Dating AD 107/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΓΛΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) γλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 233, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.09 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2148, BMC 339
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1863,1220.8 BMC 339
2 2     L: 1931,0701.19
3 3     AUB 180
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 83rd Blue, 23 Aug. 2020, lot 954