TR-No.TACS 230/ΛΣ12-D (GD)

 

Phoenicia, Tyre 104-105 A.D

AE 13.85mm (Thickness 1.39mm), weight 1.44g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D.

Obverse: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right, palm branch behind.

Reverse: Astarte standing left on galley, extending wreath in right hand, transverse cruciform sceptre in left, Phoenician inscription resh (R), sadhe (TS) & lamedh (L) below, M and TYR monogram right, ΛΣ Tyrian era date 230 left.

Ref: BMC Phoenicia Pg.261 305-307 Pl:XXXI 15; SNG Copenhagen 358; Lindgren III Pg.79 1466-1467.