Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.72 g (5)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΘ; 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

Bibliography: CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 398 

Diameter:  26.1 Weight: 13.96   Axis: 12 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Bibliography: Rouvier 2081 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 2091

Bibliography: Rouvier 2082 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 186 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 187 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1963.223.1

Diameter:  26 Weight: 13.73   Axis: 12 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Bibliography: Roma Numismatics 7, 22 Mar. 2014, lot 783 

Diameter:  25.3 Weight: 13.9   Axis: 1 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.92 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙ; 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

Bibliography: CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 399 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 14.14   Axis: 1 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.98 g (2)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΑ; 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

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 2092

Bibliography: Rouvier 2083 

Weight: 13.93  

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΒ; 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

Bibliography: Qumrân no. 112–23 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.98 g (2)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΑ; 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

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 188 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.98 g (2)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΑ; 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

Museum: Beirut-AUB: American University, Beirut (Lebanon) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Baramki 78 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 13.98 g (2)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΑ; 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

Bibliography: CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 390 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 14.03   Axis: 12 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 2093

Bibliography: Rouvier 2084 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 2094

Bibliography: Rouvier 2085 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 

Weight: 13.64  

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Bibliography: Morton & Eden 104, 14 Nov. 2019, lot 106 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 14.21  

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Bibliography: Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 90 

Diameter:  27 Weight: 14.17  

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.05 g (4)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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

Bibliography: Roma Numismatics 8, 28 Sept. 2014, lot 680 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 14.17   Axis: 1 

Reign: Augustus Persons:

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel; 14.22 g (3)

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΔ; 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

Bibliography: Rouvier 2086