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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4164461
Area
Coins
Title
Tyrus, Phoenicië, AE 17, 27 BC-73 AD, onbekend heerser
Country
Face value
Year
-73
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
3.5
Diameter
14.91 - 15.70
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Goddess Tyche wearing a veil and a mural crown
Reverse
warship facing left and fitted with a ram. Above the warship are two messy lines of Greek lettering, starting with the three-letter date, of which only the first letter rho is visible at the far left, and then the letters AV to the right of that, and then
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
BMC 26.256.261
Details
The coin is date marked as rho-something-something, which means 100-and-something and since Tyrian dates start at the year 127 BC, this coin was minted sometime between 27 BC and 73 AD
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The coin is date marked as rho-something-something, which means 100-and-something and since Tyrian dates start at the year 127 BC, this coin was minted sometime between 27 BC and 73 AD