RPC III, 3909

 

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Coin type
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), ΤΥΡ, ΒΞϹ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Μητροπόλεως Τύρ(ου) βξσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of the Metropolis Tyre, 262, of Tyre
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram; all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.75 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2232, BMC 298
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: EH,p669.Tyr BMC 298
2 2     P: 1965/761
3 3     O
4 4     Cop SNG 342
5 5     NY: 1944.100.73051
6 6     NY: 1944.100.73052
7 7     NY: 1944.100.73053
8 8     AUB 151 (corr.)
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 249 (2011) lot 272.
10 10     CGT coll.