PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel

Description

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 12.74 g, 12h). Dated CY 73 (54/3 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, OΓ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 249 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946. Find patina, Good VF.