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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 286
2 2     L BMC 287
3 3     L: 1900,0707.201 BMC 340
4 4     L: 1866,1201.4059 BMC 341
5 5     L: EH,p671.8.Tyr BMC 342
6 6     P: 2144
7 7     P: S de R
8 8     Cop SNG 348
9 9     G SNG 3412
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72989
11 11     NY: 1944.100.72990
12 12     NY: 1944.100.72991
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72992
14 14     AUB 182
15 15     AUB 183
16 16     AUB 184
17 17     ✸ Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 328
18 18     Pliego 60th Online Auction, 26 Apr. 2021, lot 13