JD40425. Silver half shekel, RPC I 4693, Prieur 1463, BMC Phoenicia -; only one coin from this year in the hoard, aF, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.249g, maximum diameter 20.4mm, die axis 0
o, 33 - 34 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, PNΘ (year 159) over club left, KP over BA(?) (control) right, Aramaic aleph (control) between legs;
very rare year;
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