RPC III, 3886

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3886
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 ΜΗ ΤΥΡ, ΔΛΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition μητροπόλεως Τύρου δλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 μη(τροπόλεως) Τύρ(ου) δλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation metropolis of Tyre, (year) 234, of Tyre
Reverse design Astarte standing left on galley
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 1.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2253
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2141
2 2     P: 2142
3 3     NY: 1944.100.72993
4 4     NY: 1944.100.72994
5 5     NY: 1944.100.72995
6 6     Münster: M 1528
7 7     Richard McAlee coll.