RPC III, 3889

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3889
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 238
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to left, palm-branch, to right, murex-shell
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡ ΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΗΛΣ (above), 𐤋𐤑𐤓 (below)
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου μητροπόλεως ηλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 Τύρ(ου) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) μητροπόλεως ηλσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 238, of Tyre
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.55 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2191–2, BMC 315
Specimens 21 (17 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TC,p228.5.Tyr BMC 315
2 2     L: 1900,0707.219 BMC 316
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1359 BMC 317
4 4     L: 1900,0707.203 BMC 318
5 5     P Babelon Perses 2145 and Pl. XXXVI, 8
6 6     P Babelon Perses 2146
7 7     P Babelon Perses 2147
8 8     P Babelon Perses 2148
9 9     O
10 10     O
11 11     G: 3406
12 12     NY: 1944.100.72999
13 13     NY: 1944.100.73000
14 14     NY: 1944.100.73001
15 15     NY: 1944.100.73002
16 16     NY: 1944.100.73003
17 17     NY: 1948.19.2294
18 18     Beirut-AUB: 160
19 19     From a hoard near the Sea of Galilee (U. Leibner and G. Bijovsky, ‘Two hoards from Khirbat Wadi Hamam and the scope of the Bar Kokhba Revolt’, INR 8 (2013), pp. 109–31, at p. 129 no. 433).
20 20     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 339
21 21     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 564 = Heritage Auctions, Auction 61347, 14 Nov. 2023, lot 22083; Historical Scholar Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 61297, 23 Oct. 2022), lot 98107; Alexandre de Barros Ship Collection (CNG, Mail Bid Sale 73, 13 Sep. 2006, lot 599)