RPC III, 3900

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
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)

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