Tetradrachm Tyrian Shekel
Features
| Issuer |
Tyre
(Phoenician cities)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 126 BC - 56 AD |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Silver (.940) |
| Weight | 14.28 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 92925 |
| References | GCV# 5918 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Hendin 5ᵗʰ# 1618, 1620David Hendin, Herbert Kreindler; 2010. Guide to Biblical Coins (5th Edition). Amphora Books, New York City, New York, United States. |
Obverse
Head of Melqart right, laureate.
Reverse
Eagle standing left, with right foot on prow of ship, palm branch over right wing; on left, mace and year of issue; between eagle's paws, Phoenician letter; on right, monogram or letters.
Scripts: Greek, Phoenician
Lettering:
ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
ΔK HAP
Translation:
From Tyre the Holy and Sacred Asylum.
Year 2
Mint
Tyre, LebanonComments
The minting year letter may be misengraved on the planchet (i. e. inverted E).
Minting year lettering is inverted in year 72 (55/54 BC).
Minting year lettering is inverted in year 72 (55/54 BC).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (126 BC - 125 BC) | LΑ (year 1) - BMC 44 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (125 BC - 124 BC) | LΒ (year 2) - BMC 45-46 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (124 BC - 123 BC) | LΓ (year 3) - BMC 47-48 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (123 BC - 122 BC) | LΔ (year 4) - BMC 49-54 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (122 BC - 121 BC) | LΕ (year 5) - BMC 55-57 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (121 BC - 120 BC) | Lς (year 6) - BMC 58-59 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (120 BC - 119 BC) | LΖ (year 7) - BMC 60-62 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (119 BC - 118 BC) | LΗ (year 8) - BMC 63 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (118 BC - 117 BC) | LΘ (year 9) - BMC 64-65 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (117 BC - 116 BC) | LΙ (year 10) - BMC 66-69 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (116 BC - 115 BC) | ΑΙ (year 11) - BMC 70-72 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (115 BC - 114 BC) | ΒΙ (year 12) - BMC 73-74 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (114 BC - 113 BC) | ΓΙ (year 13) - BMC 75-78 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (113 BC - 112 BC) | ΔΙ (year 14) - BMC 79-80 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (112 BC - 111 BC) | ΕΙ (year 15) - BMC 81 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (110 BC - 109 BC) | ΖΙ (year 17) - BMC 82-83 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (109 BC - 108 BC) | ΗΙ (year 18) - BMC 84-85 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (108 BC - 107 BC) | ΘΙ (year 19) - BMC 86-90 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (107 BC - 106 BC) | LΚ (year 20) - BMC 91-97 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (106 BC - 105 BC) | ΑΚ (year 21) - BMC 98-101 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (105 BC - 104 BC) | ΒΚ (year 22) - BMC 102 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (104 BC - 103 BC) | ΓΚ (year 23) - BMC 103-104 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (103 BC - 102 BC) | ΔΚ (year 24) - BMC 105-109 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (102 BC - 101 BC) | ΕΚ (year 25) - BMC 110 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (101 BC - 100 BC) | ςΚ (year 26) - BMC 111 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (100 BC - 99 BC) | ΖΚ (year 27) - BMC 112-113 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (99 BC - 98 BC) | ΗΚ (year 28) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (98 BC - 97 BC) | ΘΚ (year 29) - BMC 114-115 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (97 BC - 96 BC) | LΛ (year 30) - BMC 116-117 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (96 BC - 95 BC) | ΑΛ (year 31) - BMC 118-119 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (95 BC - 94 BC) | ΒΛ (year 32) - BMC 120-123 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (94 BC - 93 BC) | ΓΛ (year 33) - BMC 124-125 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (92 BC - 91 BC) | ΕΛ (year 35) - BMC 126-127 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (90 BC - 89 BC) | ΖΛ (year 37) - BMC 128-129 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (89 BC - 88 BC) | ΗΛ (year 38) - BMC 130-132 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (88 BC - 87 BC) | ΘΛ (year 39) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (87 BC - 86 BC) | LΜ (year 40) - BMC 133 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (86 BC - 85 BC) | ΑΜ (year 41) - BMC 134 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (82 BC - 81 BC) | ΕΜ (year 45) - BMC 135-137 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (81 BC - 80 BC) | ςΜ (year 46) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (80 BC - 79 BC) | ΖΜ (year 47) - BMC 138-139 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (79 BC - 78 BC) | ΗΜ (year 48) - BMC 140 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (78 BC - 77 BC) | ΘΜ (year 49) - BMC 141 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (77 BC - 76 BC) | LΝ (year 50) - BMC 142 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (75 BC - 74 BC) | ΒΝ (year 52) - BMC 143 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (74 BC - 73 BC) | ΓΝ (year 53) - BMC 144 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (68 BC - 67 BC) | ΘΝ (year 59) - BMC 145 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (65 BC - 64 BC) | ΒΞ (year 62) - BMC 146 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (64 BC - 63 BC) | ΓΞ (year 63) - BMC 147-150 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (63 BC - 62 BC) | ΔΞ (year 64) - BMC 151-155 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (62 BC - 61 BC) | ΕΞ (year 65) - BMC 156-159 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (61 BC - 60 BC) | ςΞ (year 66) - BMC 160 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (56 BC - 55 BC) | ΑΟ (year 71) - BMC 161 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (55 BC - 54 BC) | ΒΟ (year 72) - BMC 162 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (55 BC - 54 BC) | ΟΒ (year 72) - BMC 163 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (54 BC - 53 BC) | ΟΓ (year 73) - BMC 164-165 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (48 BC - 47 BC) | ΟΘ (year 79) - BMC 166-167 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (47 BC - 46 BC) | Π (year 80) - BMC 168 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (46 BC - 45 BC) | ΠΑ (year 81) - BMC 169-170 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (44 BC - 43 BC) | ΠΓ (year 83) - BMC 171 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (42 BC - 41 BC) | ΠΕ (year 85) - BMC 172 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (41 BC - 40 BC) | Πς (year 86) - BMC 173 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (40 BC - 39 BC) | ΠΖ (year 87) - BMC 174-175 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (38 BC - 37 BC) | ΠΘ (year 89) - BMC 176 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (35 BC - 34 BC) | φΒ (year 92) - BMC 177 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (33 BC - 32 BC) | φΔ (year 94) - BMC 178 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (31 BC - 30 BC) | φς (year 96) - BMC 179-180 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (25 BC - 24 BC) | ΡΒ (year 102) - BMC 181 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (22 BC - 21 BC) | ΡΕ (year 105) - BMC 182 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (20 BC - 19 BC) | ΡΖ (year 107) - BMC 183-185 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (17 BC - 16 BC) | ΡΙ (year 110) - BMC 186-187 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (16 BC - 15 BC) | ΡΙΑ (year 111) - BMC 188 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (13 BC - 12 BC) | ΡΙΔ (year 114) - BMC 189-191 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (12 BC - 11 BC) | ΡΙΕ (year 115) - BMC 192-193 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (11 BC - 10 BC) | ΡΙς (year 116) - BMC 194 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (4 BC - 3 BC) | ΡΚΓ (year 123) - BMC 195 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (2 BC - 1 BC) | ΡΚΕ (year 125) - BMC 196 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1-2) | ΡΚΖ (year 127) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (2-3) | ΡΚΗ (year 128) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (4-5) | ΡΛ (year 130) - BMC 197 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (10-11) | ΡΛς (year 136) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (14-15) | ΡΜ (year 140) - BMC 198 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (18-19) | ΡΜΔ (year 144) - BMC 199 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (20-21) | ΡΜς (year 146) - BMC 200-201 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (22-23) | ΡΜΗ (year 148) - BMC 202 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (26-27) | ΡΝΒ (year 152) - BMC 203 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (33-34) | ΡΝΘ (year 159) - BMC 204 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (35-36) | ΡΞΑ (year 161) - BMC 205 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (36-37) | ΡΞΒ (year 162) - BMC 206 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (42-43) | ΡΞΗ (year 168) - BMC missing | ||||||||||||||
| ND (46-47) | ΡΟΒ (year 172) - BMC 207-208 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (48-49) | ΡΟΔ (year 174) - BMC 209 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (49-50) | ΡΟΕ (year 175) - BMC 210 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (55-56) | ΡΠΑ (year 181) - BMC 211 | ||||||||||||||
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Actual silver weight: 0.432 oz
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