RPC IV.3, 6818 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6818 (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 ΒϞϹ ΤΥΡ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωΣ [ΤΥΡ (in Ρhoenician)?]
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2201
Specimens 10 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P Bab 2179
2 2     P: 1965/765 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
3 3     Ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut
4 4     P: Duplicates
5 5     Mu: 37
6 6     NY: 1941.131.1034
7 7     NY: 1944.100.73068
8 8     NY: 1944.100.73069
9 9     NY: 1944.100.73070
10 10     NY: 1961.154.305, on reverse, date off the flan, attribution to this type uncertain