PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 39 (88/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ΘΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 142; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Attractive iridescent tone, traces of find patina. VF.
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