JD40416. Silver half shekel, RPC I 4688, Prieur 1458, VF, dark toning, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 5.483g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 0
o, 14 - 15 A.D.; 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, PM (year 140) over club left, KP over monogram right, aramaic letter between legs; struck with a crude and worn reverse die;
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