RPC IV.3, 6812 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6812 (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, aplustre
Reverse inscription ΒϘϹ ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ
Edition βϙσʹ Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερᾶς
Translation 292, of Tyre, sacred metropolis
Reverse design palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2164, BMC 355
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: III, 267, no. 39 SNG II, no.
2 2     L: 1900,0707.216 BMC 355
3 3     ✸ P Bab 2136, date wrongly as 'BKC', i.e. year 222 = AD 96/7
4 4     B: (Löbb)