RPC III, 3888

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (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 Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1906,0712.118 BMC 332
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1353 BMC 333
4 4     ✸ P: 2149
6 6     G: 3396
8 8     O
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72997
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72998
11 11     NY: 1923.150.252
12 12     CNG EA 245 (2010) lot 293
13 13     AUB 141
14 14     AUB 142
15 15     AUB 143