RPC I, 4669B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4669B
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 43/4
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΞΘ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ρξθʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 169
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 22 mm
Average weight 14.16 g
Reference Levy
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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