Octadrachm

Beschrijving voorzijde	Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural (turreted) crown with multiple turrets and a veil cascading behind her head in flowing strands. The goddess is depicted with finely rendered facial features in the Hellenistic tradition, with a drop earring visible at the ear. A dotted border frames the coin's periphery on the right side. The portrait is executed in high relief with considerable artistic refinement, reflecting the accomplished die-cutting tradition of the Phoenician mint at Tyre.
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Beschrijving keerzijde	A prominent double cornucopiae (dikeras) rendered in bold relief, their twin horns curving outward and crossing at the base, overflowing with clusters of grapes, fruits, and foliage, surmounted by a royal diadem or kalathos at the apex. The date numeral ΓΚ (year 23, corresponding to 104/103 BC) appears to the left of the central device in the field. The circular Greek legend TYPOY IΕPΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣYΛOY surrounds the design, proclaiming Tyre as 'holy and inviolable.' The composition is characteristic of the autonomous civic coinage of Tyre following the city's independence in 126/125 BC.
Schrift keerzijde	Greek
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