RPC III, 3906

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3906
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 258
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ (around), ΤΥΡ, ΗΝϹ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) ηνσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of the metropolis Tyre, 258, of Tyre
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.11 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2230
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2167
2 2     P: 2168
3 3     P: 2169
4 4     O
5 5     CNG EA 245 (2010) lot 294
6 6     AUB 150.
7 7     ✸ Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 965
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Cop SNG Supp. 1216
10 10     Savoca 6th Blue London Auction, 5 Oct. 2019, lot 673