RPC III, 3894

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3894
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 241
Dating AD 115/16
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, ΑΜΣ
Reverse design galley, left; below, Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2193, BMC 319
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 319
2 2     ✸ P: 2152
3 3     G: 3407
4 4     NY: 1944.100.73013
5 5     NY: 1944.100.73014
6 6     NY: 1944.100.73015
7 7     NY: 1944.100.73016
8 8     AUB 161
9 9     CGT coll.