RPC IV, 6826


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6826 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.3
Number	6826 (temporary)
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Commodus
Issue	'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Commodus
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with traces of lion skin, right; to right, star(?)
Reverse inscription	ΤΥΡΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΘΤ ΤΥΡ (ΤΥΡ in Ρhoenician)
Reverse design	club; in oak wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Axis	2, 12
Reference	Rouvier 2245, BMC 360
Specimens	7 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P	Bab 2181	23	8.97	12	Show
2	2 ✸	L: 1900,0707.218	BMC 360	22.6	8.85	12	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.73076 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)		21	8.58	12	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.73077		21	8.07	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1992.54.1214 (gift of Lindgren)		21	6.76	2	Show
6	6	V: GR 22342		22	9.37	12	Show
7	7	O		21	7.88	12	Show