RPC III, 3895

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3895
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 241
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΑΜΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) αμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 241, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2150, BMC 343
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1348 BMC 343
2 2     P: 2151
3 3     Cop SNG 349
4 4     NY: 1944.100.73017
5 5     V: GR 22235
6 6     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 105, lot 1478)