3765 - Tyre (shekel Melkart/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 220, Oct. 2009, 191)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3765

126 BCE - 66 CE | ΤΥΡΟΥ (…) ΙΕΡΟΥ KAI ΑΣΥΛΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

3765_-_Tyre_(shekel_Melkart-eagle).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, 191.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΥΡΟΥ (…) ΙΕΡΟΥ KAI ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left, palm branch over wing. To left, LM above club. To right, Δ. Between legs, Phoenician letter.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tyre

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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:

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.3512.35 g <br />12,350 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Phoenician

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Phoenicia1BMC Phoenicia, 44-245
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tyre.bmc.44-245

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on uncertain type"

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.