Shekel (Coin) Depicting the God Melkarth
31-30 BCE
Phoenician, minted in Tyre, Syria
Tyre
The front of this coin depicts the god Melkarth (also spelled Melkart, Melqart), the Tyrian version of the Greek hero Herakles, wearing a crown of laurels.
On the back an eagle stands facing left, a palm branch visible over its right wing. The inscription translates to "of Tyre the holy and inviolable."
Silver