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
Reverse design Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
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 BMC 340
4 4     L BMC 341
5 5     L 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