RPC IV.3, 6815 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6815 (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, murex-shell
Reverse inscription ΗΟΣ ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωΣ ΤΥΡ (second ΤΥΡ in Ρhoenician)
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2198 (and 2197 corr.), BMC 323–5
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
2 2     Ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
3 3     Rollin & Feuardent Cat. 1864, no. 7422(bis)
4 4     L: BMC 323
5 5     L: BMC 324
6 6     ✸ L: BMC 325
7 7     G: III, 267, no. 37
8 8     NY: 1944.100.73059 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
9 9     NY: 1944.100.73060
10 10     P Bab 2172, pl. XXXVI.11 = Rouvier 2197, both reading year as 'ΑΟΣ', i.e. year 271 = 145/6
11 11     B: (Löbb)
12 12     B: Rauch, worn, date obscure, thus attribution to this type only tentative
13 13     V: GR 22339, pierced, 7.31g