PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Dated CY 35 (92/1 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, EΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 122 (same obv. die as illustration); Rouvier 2021 var. (left field control); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946; BMC 126–7. In NGC encapsulation 4164834-001, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
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