RPC I, 4666

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4666
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Tiberius
Dating 36/7
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΞΒ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ρξβʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 162
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 26 mm
Average weight 12.55 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

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