Phoenicia, Tyre AE (Tyche/Palm, RPC I 4739)

PHOENICIA, TYRE
Time of Nero
AE (13.75mm, 3.06g, 12h)
Struck AD 54/5
Obverse: Veiled head of Tyche with palm right
Reverse: ΤΥ ΙΕΡΑ ΑΣΥ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓, ΡΠ, palm tree
References: RPC Online, Vol. I, No. 4739 (4^th specimen this coin)
This coin illustrated on wildwinds.com

A very rare type with good surfaces and detail. This coin would have been struck around the time the Apostle Paul visited the city of Tyre, along with Luke, on his third missionary journey as recorded in Acts 21.

Collezione : Roman Provincial