Subject:  GIF: Coin, detail (R25 Grays)
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Uploaded By:  GWYDIAN
Date:  5/25/1993

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Equipment:  452 X 237, 256 shades of gray
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REL_25.GIF Coin, detail (452 X 237, 256 shades of gray)

On the obverse of this coin is a laureate head of Melqarta (in his hellenized form as Heracles). To the right, the reverse shows an eagle on a prow, a palm branch at its shoulder; in the left field is a club and the date 99 of the Tyrian era. In the right field is a monogram. Between the eagle's legs is a symbol. The inscription "Of Holy Sanctuary-Provided Tyre" encircles the coin.

Diameter 3/4-1 1/8 in.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (13-36)