RPC I, 4668

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4668
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Caligula
Dating 38/9
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΞΔ
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2111
2 2     Beirut-AUB Baramki 87
3 3     Beirut-AUB Baramki 88
4 4     NY: 1944.100.72870
5 5     CNG EA 84, 3 Mar. 2004, lot 55
6 6     ✸ F. Vink coll. (ex Elsen 142, 14 Sept. 2019, lot 205)
7 7     CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 402