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1/4 Shekel
| Issuer | Tyre |
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| Year | 425 BC - 394 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The Phoenician god Melkart is depicted in left profile astride a hippocamp galloping to the right, his extended left hand grasping a bow while his right hand holds the reins. The creature's muscular foreparts rise above a dotted wave line, beneath which a dolphin swims to the right, filling the exergual field. The composition is rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of Phoenician engraving of the late fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | An owl is depicted standing in three-quarter right profile with its head turned to face the viewer frontally, its large round eyes and feathered body rendered in crisp, deeply cut relief within a dotted border. Diagonally crossed in the field behind the bird are the crook and flail, Egyptian royal symbols adopted into Phoenician iconography and associated with divine and regal authority. The design closely echoes Athenian and Egyptian artistic influences, reflecting Tyre's extensive Mediterranean commercial and cultural contacts during the late fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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