RPC IV.3, 6808 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6808 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous'
Dating c. 161–180
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to left, palm-branch; to right, murex-shell
Reverse inscription ΑϞϹ ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ [ΤΥΡ?] (second ΤΥΡ in Ρhoenician)
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2200
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 2178 = Rouvier 2200, both date as 'ΑϞС', i.e. year 291 = 165/6
2 2     ✸ V: GR 22335, perhaps similar type with ΑϞС , i.e. year 291 = 165/6