RPC I, 4633

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4633
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Augustus
Dating 30/29 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ϘΖ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ϙζʹ
Translation of Tyre, sacred and inviolable, year 97
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
Metal silver
Average weight 13.84 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2088 (M 5703) Rouvier 2076