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Image of specimen #5 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3900 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 3900 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Tyre |
Reign | Hadrian |
Issue | Year 247 |
Dating | AD 121/2 |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm |
Reverse inscription | ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑΣ, ΖΜΣ (or ΖΜϹ), 𐤋𐤑𐤓 |
Edition | Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) ζμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 |
Translation | of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 247, of Tyre |
Reverse design | palm tree |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 16 mm |
Average weight | 3.52 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 2156–7, BMC 347 |
Specimens | 21 (16 in the core collections) |
Note | 1-4:ΖΜΣ; 5-19: (ΖΜϹ) |