Volume: I №: 4644

Reign: Augustus

City: Tyre  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel Average weight: 14.22 g. Issue: 13/12 BC

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

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙΔ; 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