SH20261. Silver half shekel, SGCV II 5921 var. (date and symbols); HGC 10 358, BMC Phoenicia -; Baramki AUB -, gVF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 7.091g, maximum diameter 21.8mm, die axis 45
o, 90 - 89 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, date ZΛ (year 37) over club & palm left, monogram right, reversed Aramaic beth between legs;
attractive style;
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