RPC I, 4703

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4703
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Claudius
Dating 52/3
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΟΗ
Edition Τύρου ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου ΚΡ ροηʹ
Translation of sacred and inviolable Tyre, KR(?), (year) 178
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 21 mm
Average weight 6.66 g
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 4706/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 243
2 2     B
3 3     G: 13
4 4     ✸ Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8053