RPC III, 3904

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3904
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 256
Dating AD 130/1
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ (around), ΤΥΡ, ΝΣϚ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) νσϛʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of the Metropolis of Tyre, 256, of Tyre
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.76 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2228–9, BMC 296
Specimens 20 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.206 BMC 296
2 2     L: 1873,0103.1 BMC 297
3 3     ✸ P: 2165
4 4     P: Chandon 815
5 5     P: Chandon 818
6 6     P: Luynes 3233 Babelon 2170
7 7     Cop SNG 341
8 8     G: 3399
9 9     G: 3400
10 10     G: 3401
11 11     O
12 12     NY: 1944.100.73039
13 13     NY: 1944.100.73040
14 14     NY: 1944.100.73041
15 15     NY: 1984.66.361
16 16     AUB 148
17 17     AUB 149
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll. = LAC No Reserve 2, 12 Feb. 2017, lot 8
20 20     Zeus Numismatics EA 19, 8 Aug. 2021, lot 270