AE 24 Tyre

Tyre's civic bronze coinage of the Severan period reflects the city's status as a Roman colonia, a privilege granted by Septimius Severus — himself of North African origin — who favored Phoenician cities that had backed his campaign against Pescennius Niger in the civil war of 193–194 AD. The elevation to colonia brought with it the right to strike coins on the Roman model, which Tyre exercised aggressively through the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.

BMC 365.1 places this piece within a well-documented sequence, though die alignment and surface quality vary considerably across surviving specimens.