Volume: I №: 4646

Reign: Augustus

City: Tyre  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Shekel Average weight: 14.12 g. Issue: 11/10 BC

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

Reverse: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΙϚ; 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