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Shekel - Azemilcus
| Issuer | Tyre |
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| Year | 347-334 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | An owl stands in right profile with head turned to face the viewer, rendered in the Egyptian artistic convention widely adopted in Phoenician coinage. A crook and flail appear in the background field, symbols of Egyptian royal authority borrowed into Tyrian iconography. In the right field, Phoenician characters record the regnal year and the abbreviated name of the issuing king Azemilcus (rendered 'Ozmilk in Phoenician script), with a numeral below denoting the specific year of reign. The combination of Egyptian symbols and Phoenician legend reflects the hybrid cultural milieu of late Achaemenid-period Tyre. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Tyre |
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