SH22686. Silver shekel, Hendin 919, cf. BMC Phoenicia 189 (date obscure, probable BMC attribution and date based on monogram), F, weight 13.174g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 0
o, 13 B.C. - 12 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, uncertain date & club left, KP over monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs; crude style;
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