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Æ16
| Issuer | Tyre |
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| Year | 122 BC - 121 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Turreted bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown with multiple towers, rendered in a Hellenistic style characteristic of Phoenician civic coinage. A palm branch rises behind the head, a symbol closely associated with the city of Tyre. The portrait is boldly struck within a plain circular field, with moderate relief typical of hammered bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A tall date palm tree occupies the center of the field, rendered with spreading fronds and clusters of dates, serving as the primary civic emblem of Tyre. To the left of the trunk appears the Seleucid era date ΖΜΡ (year 187, corresponding to 122/121 BC). The Greek civic legend surrounds the design, attesting to Tyre's status as a holy metropolis. The strike is irregular, as is typical of hammered Phoenician bronze coinage of the late second century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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