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

Description

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (31mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Dated CY 53 (74/3 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ΓΝ (date) above club; Z to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 189 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946; Pitchfork 49 (this coin). Toned, flan crack, some light scratches, a little off center. VF.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.