RPC III, 3893


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3893
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Trajan
Issue	Year 241
Dating	AD 115/16
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (around), ΤΥΡ, ΑΜΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition	Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) αμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation	of the metropolis of Tyre, 241, of Tyre
Reverse design	club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.45 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	Rouvier 2224, BMC 294
Specimens	13 (9 in the core collections)