RPC III, 3885

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3885
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 234
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΔΛΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) δλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 234, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.09 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2149, BMC 286
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)

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