Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
Drachm
Place of IssueTyre, Phoenicia
Date148-147 BCE
MediumAR (silver)
Dimensions15 mm, 2.67 g, 12 o'clock
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: VF/FRuler/Minting Authority: Alexander I Balas
City-State/Region/Mint: Tyre, Phoenicia
Obverse & Reverse
Diademed and draped bust, right.
Eagle standing left on ship's ram, palm branch over wing right field; monogram of Tyre over club in left field; EΞΡ (?) over monogram in right field (effaced); around, BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY.
Object number1982.14.2
ProvenanceDrew-McCormick Archaeological Expedition Balata (Shechem, Tel Balatah) 1957.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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