RPC III, 3897

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3897
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 243
Dating AD 117/18
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche r; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑΣ, ΓΜΣ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) γμσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 243, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.27 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2152–3, BMC 345
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TC,p228.8.Tyr BMC 344
2 2     L: RPK,p174C.4.Tyr BMC 345
3 3     ✸ P: 2156
4 4     P: 2158
5 5     CNG 80 (2004) lot 321
6 6     Cop SNG 350
7 7     G: 3414
8 8     NY: 1944.100.73020
9 9     NY: 1944.100.73021
10 10     NY: 1944.100.73022
11 11     NY: 1944.100.73023
12 12     NY: 1944.100.73024
13 13     AUB 186
14 14     AUB 187
15 15     B: 18257445
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.