RPC III, 3899

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3899
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 246
Dating AD 120/1
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ϚΜϹ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) ϛμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 246, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Reference Rouvier 2156
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note ϚΜϹ changed from ϚΜΣ 11.09.15 E Filippini
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G SNG 3415