RPC I, 4673

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4673
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 48/9
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΟΔ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροδʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 174
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 14.21 g
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2118 = de Moltheim 3139
2 2     L BMC 209 = Walker, Metrology I, 584: 94.25%
3 3     P: 2110A
4 4     B
5 5     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) Jan. 2020 NYINC, 17 Jan. 2020, lot 20056
6 6     ✸ CNG Mail Bid Sale 66, 19 May 2004, lot 707
7 7     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 376
8 8     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1517 (part)