Phoenicia, Tyre. Pseudo-autonomous civic issue, time of Trajan. A.D. 98-117. AE 24 (23.78 mm, 11.78 g, 1 h). anonymous . Struck A.D. 112/13. Laureate head of Melqart right, lion-skin tied around neck / MH-TPO / ΠOΛ-EωΣ / ΗΛΣ (= yr. 238 of Tyre = A.D. 112/13 ); - Phoenician letters ( = "of Tyre"), club surmounted by monogram ΤΥΡ; ethnic in three lines divided by club; all within oak wreathminted in year 238 = 112/113 AD. RPC III 3888; Rouvier 2239 var.; BMC 332. Near VF / VF, Reverse boldly struck, obverse slightly less so.
From the Tom Buggey Collection.