RPC III, 3888A

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3888A
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 ΤΥΡΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΗΛΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρου μητροπόλεως ηλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 Τύρου μητροπόλεως ηλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, metropolis, (year) 238, of Tyre
Reverse design club; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.94 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2239, BMC 356
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note More specimens may perhaps be included in 3888.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.202 BMC 356
2 2     Cop SNG 340
3 3     G: 3397
4 4     Ebay Boersma 2018
5 5     CGT coll., ex Ebay
6 6     Rouvier ( = Rouvier 2239 with pl. XIX.18) has the inscription around the reverse, as on later coins
7 7     ✸ Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2357
8 8     RC coll.