Description
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 12.89 g, 12h). Dated CY 19 (108/7 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ΘI (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 51 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946. Roughness, flan flaws, numerous scratches. Near VF.
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