Art Institute of Chicago

Shekel (Coin) Depicting the God Melkarth

Phoenician, minted in Tyre, Syria

Date: 31-30 BCE
Medium: Silver
Culture: Tyre
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

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."

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