Volume: I №: 4643

Reign: Augustus

City: Tyre  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel Average weight: 14.05 g. Issue: 14/13 BC

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

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΓ; 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