Phoenicia, Tyre, AR Shekel, struck 102-101 BC

Description

Phoenicia, Tyre, AR Shekel, struck 102-101 BC, laureate head of Melqart right, rev. [TYPO]Y IERAS KAI [ASYLOY], eagle standing left on prow of ship, date EK [=25] to left, club below to left, monogram to right, consisting of H, A and P, Aleph between legs of eagle, 14.30g (BMC 110 var. DCA Tyre 80), bright, slightly off-centre, some residue to left side of reverse, about very fine

Provenance

Leeds Museum Exhibit, Autun 1994, 5/1 [with ticket]