PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Dated CY 160 (AD 34/5). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [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 A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ [KAI AΣYΛOY] around. DCA-Tyre 586; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 357; DCA2 947; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation 6557577-004, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
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