PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.38 g, 12h). Dated CY 28 (99/8 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, HK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 99 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946. Patches of find patina, a few minor die breaks on obverse. Near EF.
Ex Robert Winegar Collection; Pars Coins inventory PCW-G6471 (December 2018).
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