TR-No.B-TGVA/IEPΛ12 (OV)

 

Phoenicia, Tyre 2nd Century B.C – 1st Century A.D. (Barbaric Imitative ?) – Type 1.

AE 13.66mm (Thickness 2.16mm), weight 2.04g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees).

Obverse: Turreted & veiled head of Tyche right.

Reverse: Galley left with prow terminating in volute and aphlaston at stern, date & IEPΛ above galley, Phoenician letters beth, sadhe & lamedh below.

Official or Barbaric coins of Tyre

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Ref: Unpublished barbaric imitative, Tyre.

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