PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.37 g, 1h). Dated CY 160 (AD 34/5). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 587; HGC 10, 357; DCA2 947. In NGC encapsulation 6556045-011, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 517 (1 June 2022), lot 270.
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