RPC IV.3, 5662 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5662 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Uncertain
Issue Second century AD
Obverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with traces of lion skin, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΦΟΙΝΙΚΗϹ ΑΚΤ(Ι) (ΤΥΡ in Ρhoenician)
Reverse design temple with eight columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2246$, BMC 361–6, GM 767, no. 795
Specimens 24 (21 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 361, pl. XXXII.5, reverse without TYR in Phoenician
2 2     L: BMC 362
3 3     L: BMC 363
4 4     L: BMC 364, broken, 8.78g
5 5     ✸ L: BMC 365, pl. XXXII.6
6 6     L: BMC 366
7 7     P Bab 2182, pierced, 9.70g
8 8     P Bab 2183
9 9     P Bab 2184
10 10     P: Louis de Clercq 407
11 11     P de Luynes III, 3234, pl. CXVI
12 12     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 817
13 13     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 819
14 14     B: (Fox)
15 15     B: I-B GM 767, no. 795
16 16     B: (Löbb)
17 17     Mu: 1
18 18     V: GR 22024
19 19     Bern: Righetti 2319
20 20     O
21 21     O
22 22     O
23 23     Private coll. CGT = CNG Auction 325 (23/04/2014), 449
24 24     Private coll. CGT = JHE 29 (10/02/2015), 35