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A silver tetradrachm of Trajan from Tyre, with Melquart-Hercules on the reverse. Coin Type: Holed silver tetradrachm of Trajan, 98-117 CE
Mint and Date: Tyre in Phoenicia, 110-111 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 24mm, 14.22g
Obverse: AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK
Laureate head right; eagle standing right below, club below head.
Reverse: ΔHMAPX • • ЄΞ IЄ YΠAT Є
Laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules right, lion's skin tied at throat.
Provenance: Gert Boersema (Vcoins), October 2007.
Ref: BMC Phoenicia p.301, 15; Prieur 1515
BW Ref: 025 035 117
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