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Shekel
| Issuer | Tyre |
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| Year | 425 BC - 394 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | The Phoenician deity Melkart is depicted in heroic profile riding a hippocamp to the right, his extended left hand grasping a strung bow while his right hand holds the reins. The hippocamp is rendered with detailed musculature, its equine forepart transitioning into a fish-tail body. Beneath the creature, stylized wave lines appear above a dolphin swimming to the right, symbolizing the sea domain central to Tyrian iconography. The scene is executed in fine archaic relief characteristic of Phoenician die-cutting of the early 4th century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (425 BC - 394 BC) |
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