RPC I, 4645

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4645
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Augustus
Dating 12/11 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΕ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ριεʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 115
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 diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.77 g
Axis 12
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2088
2 2     P: 2096
3 3     L BMC 192
4 4     L BMC 193
5 5     O AMC 1495 = Walker, Metrology I, 576: 95.25%
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72860
7 7     Beirut-AUB Baramki 79
8 8     Beirut-AUB Baramki 80
9 9     B
10 10     B
11 11     G: 4
12 12     ✸ Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 603