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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4646 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |