RPC I, 4670

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4670
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 44/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΟ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 170
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 14.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.72872
2 2     P: Clercq 399
3 3     CNG Mail Bid Sale 63, 21 May 2003, lot 708 = CNG EA 84, 3 Mar. 2004, lot 56
4 4     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 880
5 5     ✸ Roma Numismatics XX, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 276