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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8069489, member: 82616&quot;]Here is the latest coin in my &#039;Off the Beaten Path&#039; provincial series, this time we travel to the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399395[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Time of Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ19, 5.85g</p><p>Tyre mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche with palm, r.</p><p>Rev: ΙΕΡΑ ΑΣΥ, ϹΓ (in field); galley, l.; Monogram <u>ΤΥΡ</u> and Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’)</p><p>RPC 2069.</p><p>Acquired from London Ancient Coins, November 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyre struck several small issues of pseudo-anonymous bronze coinage during the Flavian era in five denominations distinguished by size and reverse designs. This reverse featuring the iconic Phoenician galley was reserved for the small Æ19-20. The coins are dated by the Tyrian civic era starting in 126 BC. The present coin is dated year 203 (77-78 AD).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your ships or Phoenician coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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