RPC III, 3898

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3898
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 243
Dating AD 117/18
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ-ΑϹ, ΓΜΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρου μητροπόλεως ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου γμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) γμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 243, of Tyre
Reverse design Astarte standing left on galley
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 1.99 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2257–8
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2157
2 2     NY: 1944.100.73025
3 3     AUB 174
4 4     AUB 175
5 5     ✸ B: 18257439