Antiochos VII — Tetradrachm, Eagle on Ship's Ram, Tyre

Struck at Tyre, 131/0 BC, under the Seleucid king Antiochos VII Euergetes, and dated in the right field ΒΠΡ, year 182 of the Seleucid era. Tyre struck its silver on the Phoenician weight standard with the eagle reverse inherited from Ptolemaic rule, the coinage that would become the Tyrian shekel a few years later.

The reverse reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, "of King Antiochos". An eagle stands left on a ship's ram with a palm branch under its far wing. In the left field is the club of Melqart, the city's badge, beneath a monogram; in the right field a monogram above the date; a further monogram sits between the eagle's legs. The obverse shows the diademed and draped bust of the king.

A flan crack runs in from the edge at 5 o'clock on the reverse; it is visible in the photographs and the video.

Attribution: SC 2109.10c · DCA 198 · SNG Spaer 2082Mint: TyreWeight: 14.00 gDiameter: 28.85 mmCatalogued in the NumisLens cabinet — NL-GVVMN-9A0JW

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