126 BCE - 66 CE | ΤΥΡΟΥ (…) ΙΕΡΟΥ KAI ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
Overstriking coin 3765_-_Tyre_(shekel_Melkart-eagle).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, 191.
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΤΥΡΟΥ (…) ΙΕΡΟΥ KAI ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left, palm branch over wing. To left, LM above club. To right, Δ. Between legs, Phoenician letter.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tyre
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Syria (Phoenicia)
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Modern countryModern country: Lebanon
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 66 CE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.3512.35 g <br />12,350 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Phoenician
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1910), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXIII : Phoenicia, London, The Trustees, p. 361, pl. 45.