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
Reverse design Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2150, BMC 343
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L 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)