RPC IV.3, 6823 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6823 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with traces of lion skin, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡοΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΘΟϹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρου μητροπόλεως θοσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓 Τύρου μητροπόλεως θοσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, metropolis, 279, of Tyre
Reverse design club; in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2242
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     de Molthein 3143
2 2     ✸ B: Fox, reverse with ligature ΜΗ{ƱΡ}ΟΠΟΛΕΩ⊏
3 3     NY: 1944.100.73062 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)