RPC IV.3, 6816 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6816 (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 ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΘΟϹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) ἱερᾶς μητροπόλεως θοσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred metropolis, 279, of Tyre
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.11 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2199, BMC 326–7, Cop 345
Specimens 19 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 2173
2 2     Ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
3 3     Ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
4 4     Ex private coll. E. Michel
5 5     P Bab 2174
6 6     L: 1847,0407.30 BMC 326, pl. XXXI.19
7 7     L: HPB,p158.2.A BMC 327
8 8     NY: 1944.100.73087 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut)
9 9     NY: 1944.100.73088
10 10     NY: 1961.154.304
11 11     NY: 1992.54.1230 (gift of Lindgren)
12 12     ✸ P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 808
13 13     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 810
14 14     B: (Löbb)
15 15     Cop: 345, not illustrated
16 16     V: GR 22337
17 17     V: GR 22338
18 18     Lindgren I, 2364
19 19     Yale: ex PRF