RPC III, 3893

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
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)
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram ΤΥΡ; to left, ΑΜΣ; to right, Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2224, BMC 294
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 294
2 2     L BMC 295
3 3     P: 2153
4 4     P: 2154
5 5     P: 2155
6 6     O
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 243 (2010) lot 276
8 8     G: 3398
9 9     NY: 1944.100.73011
10 10     NY: 1944.100.73012
11 11     AUB 144
12 12     AUB 145
13 13     AUB 146