RPC IV.3, 6827 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6827 (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 ΓΞΣ ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωΣ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition γξσʹ Τύρου ἱερᾶς μητροπόλεως 𐤋𐤑𐤓 γξσʹ Τύρ(ου) ἱερᾶς μητροπόλεως 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation 236, of Tyre, the holy metropolis, of Tyre
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.40 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2195, BMC 320
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rollin & Feuardent Cat. 1864, no. 7422
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 320
3 3     P: Delepierre
4 4     NY: 1992.54.1229 (gift of Lindgren), reading of date and attribution to this type uncertain