RPC IV.3, 6810 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6810 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to left, palm-branch(?); to right, aplustre(?)
Reverse inscription ΕΞϹ (as monogram) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ
Edition εξσʹ μητροπόλεως ἱερᾶς
Translation 265, of the sacred metropolis
Reverse design palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2162, BMC 351
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1878,0301.372 BMC 351, on obverse, palm-branch uncertain
2 2     NY: 1944.100.73056 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.73057
4 4     P: 1965/768 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig), reading of date not entirely certain
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Ares Web Auction 7 (21/02/2020), 291