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 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

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