RPC III, 3909


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3909 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	3909
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Hadrian
Issue	Year 262
Dating	AD 136/7
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with lion skin, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ (around)
Reverse design	club surmounted by monogram ΤΥΡ; to left, ΒΞϹ; to right, Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); all in oak wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 2232, BMC 298
Specimens	10 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 298					Show
2	2	P: 1965/761					date not very clear; this is Seyrig’s reading, on the ticket	Show
3	3	O						Show
4	4	Cop	SNG 342		9.31	12		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.73051		24	11.24	12		Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.73052		25	9.09	12		Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.73053		24	9.30	12	Obv.: GIC 385 (branch, palm)	Show
8	8		AUB 151 (corr.)					Show
9	9 ✸		CNG EA 249 (2011) lot 272.	24				Show
10	10		CGT coll.	24	10.29	12	Obv.: GIC 385 (branch, palm)	Show