RPC IV.3, 6819 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6819 (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 ΔϘϹ ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition δϙσʹ Τύρ(ου) ἱερᾶς μητροπόλεως 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation 294, of Tyre, sacred metropolis, of Tyre
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2202
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: III, 267, no. 38
2 2     NY: 1944.100.73071 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.73072 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
4 4     NY: 1992.54.1232 (gift of Lindgren)
5 5     P Bab 2179B
6 6     ✸ P: 1965/767 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
7 7     B: alter Bestand
8 8     B: 5487JF, reading of date not entirely certain
9 9     Mu: 27, date partly obscure