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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, 114 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 24mm, 14.22g
Obverse: Laureate head right; eagle standing right below, club below head.
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK
Reverse: Laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules right, lion's skin tied at throat.
ΔHMAPX ЄΞ IЄ YΠAT Є
Provenance: Gert Boersema (Vcoins), October 2007.
Ref: BMC 14
BW Ref: 025 035 117
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