Volume: I №: 4642

Reign: Augustus

City: Tyre  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel Average weight: 13.98 g. Issue: 16/15 BC

Obverse: laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, r.

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΡΙΑ; eagle standing, l., on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to l., club; date in Greek numbers, with monogram or Greek letters; below eagle, Phoenician letter