RPC II, 2066

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2066
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Domitian
Issue Year 220
Dating AD 94/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΚΣ (in field)
Reverse design club surmounted by monogram ΤΥΡ; in field, Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); all in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2222–3
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2134
2 2     Cop SNG 338
3 3     L BMC 290
4 4     L BMC 291
5 5     L BMC 292
6 6     L BMC 293
7 7     Beirut-AUB Baramki 135
8 8     Beirut-AUB Baramki 136
9 9     Beirut-AUB Baramki 137
10 10     B: P-O
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 563