RPC I, 4646

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4646
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Augustus
Dating 11/10 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙϚ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ριϛʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 116
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 25 mm
Average weight 14.12 g
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2097 Rouvier 2089
2 2     L BMC 194
3 3     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) Jan. 2020 NYINC, 17 Jan. 2020, lot 20055