SH09023. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 245, 163; Cohen DCA 919/72 (R2); HGC 10 357, VF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.58g, maximum diameter 27.7mm, die axis 45
o, 55 - 54 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left, head left, wings closed, right talon on war galley ram, palm frond transverse right behind, OB (year 72) and club left, monogram right, Phoenician letter bet between legs;
rare;
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