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III, 3888
Image of specimen #4
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3888
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Volume
III
Number
3888
Province
Syria
Region
Phoenicia
City
Tyre
Reign
Trajan
Issue
Year 238
Dating
AD 112/13
Obverse inscription
Obverse design
laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription
ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ
Ω
Σ (in lines),
ΤΥΡ
, ΗΛΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition
Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) ηλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation
of the metropolis of Tyre, 238, of Tyre
Reverse design
club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
25 mm
Average weight
11.98 g
Axis
12
Reference
Rouvier 2235, BMC 332
Specimens
12 (8 in the core collections)
Note
BMC 332 analysis 10529T. /3, /5, /7 and /16 now transferred to 3888A. Other coins listed under 3888 may also belong there.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1906,0712.118
BMC 332
25
12.92
12
Drilled
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2
2
L: 1908,0110.1353
BMC 333
25
11.42
12
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4
4
✸
P: 2149
25
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6
6
G: 3396
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8
8
O
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9
9
NY: 1944.100.72997
24
12.27
12
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10
10
NY: 1944.100.72998
24
11.33
12
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11
11
NY: 1923.150.252
26
11.98
12
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12
12
CNG EA 245 (2010) lot 293
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13
13
AUB 141
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14
14
AUB 142
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15
15
AUB 143
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