Tyre

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 234

The mint at the ancient site of Tyre in Phoenicia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Tyre, silver, shekels (450-425 BCE)		Silver	8,851 kg
Tyre, silver, quarter shekels (450-425 BCE)		Silver	4,043 kg
Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (450-425 BCE)		Silver	360 kg
Tyre, silver, shekels (425-394 BCE)		Silver	27,186 kg
Tyre, silver, quarter shekels (425-394 BCE)		Silver	714 kg
Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (425-394 BCE)		Silver	1,061 kg
Tyre, silver, shekels (393-358 BCE)		Silver	18,221 kg
Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (393-358 BCE)		Silver	1,580 kg
Tyre, silver, shekels (357-333 BCE)		Silver	23,277 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (275-274 BCE)		Gold	74,863 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms ΣΩ (portrait of Ptolemy IV) (217-215 BCE)		Silver	282 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms ΣΩ (portrait of Ptolemy I) (217-215 BCE)		Silver	558 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (202-200 BCE) Olivier		Silver	1,038 kg
Tyre (Seleucid kings), silver, tetradrachms (152-125 BCE)		Silver	75,109 kg
Tyre, silver, tetradrachms (108/7-60/59 BCE)		Silver	58,673 kg
Tyr, gold, octodrachms (Tyche/cornucopiae) (104-101 BCE)		Gold	9,169 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3362 - Tyre (shekel Melkart/bow) over uncertain type (Gemini, 6, Jan. 2010, 257)		Silver	425 BC JL
2861 - Tyre (1/4 shekel Melkart/bow) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 434)		Silver	425 BC JL
788 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 399		Silver	319 BC JL
15521 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 72, June 2006, lot 399)		Silver	316 BC JL
15526 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over uncertain type (Savoca, 26, Oct. 2018, lot 34)		Silver	314 BC JL
789 - Tyre (Alexander the great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (Elsen, 93, Sept. 2007, 206)		Silver	312 BC JL
15534 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 61, Sept. 2002, lot 456)		Silver	312 BC JL
15537 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (Meydancikkale hoard, n° 2170)		Silver	311 BC JL
15543 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (Nicolet-Pierre, 1986)		Silver	309 BC JL
15545 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over uncertain type (CNG, 79, Sept. 2008, lot 171)		Silver	307 BC JL
3765 - Tyre (shekel Melkart/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 220, Oct. 2009, 191)		Silver	126 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
SO 1925 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Tyre
SO 1927 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Tyre
SO 1906 - Artaxata? over Tyre
24833 - Etenna (AE nymph/knife) over Ptolemy II (Zeus/eagle) (Side Museum, Inv. 3346)		Bronze	100 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	tyre
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Tyre in Phoenicia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	678437
Ancient regionAncient region.	Syria (Phoenicia) Nomisma: phoenicia, Nomisma: greek_syria
Modern countryModern country	Lebanon
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	33.273713° N, 35.194938° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tyre,_Lebanon https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678437 http://sws.geonames.org/267008/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x31064 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002862

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Literature

• BMC Phoenicia
• Callataÿ 2002
• Callataÿ 2017/2018
• Callataÿ 2021b
• Carlen 2022
• Elayi - Elayi 2009
• Elayi 1992
• Iossif 2011
• Lichtenberger 2023
• Newell 1916

Authors

• François de Callataÿ
• Eric Carlen
• Alain Elayi
• Josette Elayi
• Panagiotis Iossif
• Achim Lichtenberger