RPC I, 4690

Province Syria
City Tyre 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Tiberius
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΜΕ
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to left, club; date in Greek numbers, with monogram or Greek letters; below eagle, Phoenician letter

Coin no. 1 of RPC I, 4690

 

Museum British Museum, London (UK)
Inventory no.
Reference BMC 245
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Note 'ΡΝΕ'; the reading ΡΜΕ seems preferable, since (a) the (retrograde) Ν could well be a Μ, and (b) the obv. die is the same as BMC 238, of year ΡΜϚ. No other coin has been recorded for a definite year later than ΡΝΑ.
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