RPC III, 3898


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3898 json ttl rdf xml
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
Reverse design	Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); Astarte standing left on galley
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	13 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 2257–8
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)