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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3379909, member: 98035&quot;]Phoenicia, Tyre</p><p>AE 21</p><p>Civic issue, time of Augustus</p><p>Veiled turreted bust of Tyche right, palm-frond behind</p><p>Galley sailing left, date ΡΚΓ (civic date 123; 4-3 BC); ΙÊΡΑΣ, Tyre monogram TYP</p><p>BMC Phoenicia 252 to 267.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]897460[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Found this one in a bulk lot from Naumann, about 8 months ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some interesting observations:</p><p>1) It is a very scarce type, or at least hard to track down in auction archives.</p><p>2) The civic date puts it right at about the time that Jesus is calculated to have been born (4 BC)</p><p>3) It is the only Greek coin I can recall that uses diacratical marks in the legend. From my light research, although diacratics were introduced centuries prior to this coin, their use was sporadic until the middle ages. I suppose the engraver was tired of the Romans mispronouncing &quot;Tyre&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post related coins and comments![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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