RPC I, 4676

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4676
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 51/2
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΟΖ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροζʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 177
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 13.70 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.72875
2 2     L: 1925,0105.118 Walker, Metrology I, 587: 95%
3 3     Heritage 410, 2 June 2006, lot 12131
4 4     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 1917
5 5     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 611
6 6     ✸ O Walker, Metrology I, 588: 94.50%