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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
5403365
Area
Coins
Title
Tyre (Phoenicia) 1 shekel 126BCE - 66CE
Country
Face value
Year
-30
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
13.7
Diameter
26
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
TYROY IEPASKAI ASYLOY ("Tyre the Holy")
Reverse
(Melqart, right)
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Details
Shekels were struck during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE by several rulers of Tyre, a city of ancient Phoenicia.
This type was struck for almost two centuries (126 BCE - 66CE), with little change, other than a wide variety in the form of dates and monograms.
Obv.: an eagle with a palm branch over its shoulder, standing on the prow of a ship (with various symbols and a date represented by one or more Greek letters).
Rev.: portrait of Melkart (like the Greek's hero Heracles).