RPC I, 4690


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4690
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Tiberius
Dating	19/20
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Heracles (Melqart) with lion skin knotted about neck, right
Reverse inscription	ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, ΚΡ, ΡΜΕ
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	20 mm
Axis	1
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			L	BMC 245				'ΡΝΕ'; the reading ΡΜΕ seems preferable, since (a) the (retrograde) Ν could well be a Μ, and (b) the obv. die is the same as BMC 238, of year ΡΜϚ. No other coin has been recorded for a definite year later than ΡΝΑ.	Show
2	2 ✸				CNG EA 485, 10 Feb. 2021, lot 194	20.2	6.21	1		Show