RPC I, 4702

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4702
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 45/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΟΑ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροαʹ Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροαʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 171
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 20 mm
Average weight 6.98 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     LHS 100, 23 Apr. 2007, lot 338
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 525
4 4     F. Vink coll. (ex Obolos 42, 3 May 2026, lot 663 (formerly J. Aiello coll.)
5 5     ✸ CNG 103, 14 Sep. 2016, lot 374 (ex CNG EA 32, 2 July 2001, lot 63225)
6 6     Private coll.
7 7     Savoca 198, 25 Feb. 2024, lot 121
8 8     Peus EA 7, 16 June 2018, lot 33