Abstract
The Hellenistic silver coins of Tyre were widely used and accepted in the Southern Levant. They depicted the head of the youthful and beefy Heracles-Melqart on the obverse. In this paper, the image of Heracles is discussed and contextualized within the religious life of Tyre. It is argued that the image was influenced by Heracles’ depictions related to Alexander the Great and that it also recurred on ideas of Melqart being a young god. The coin image thus combined different aspects in its visual language and evoked different ideas for the viewers, contributing to the popularity of the image.
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