JD40472. Silver half shekel,
Year unlisted in primary references; BMC Phoenicia -, Prieur -, RPC I -, aF, lamination defects, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.428g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 45
o, 23 - 24 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, PMΘ (year 149) over club left, KP over X (control) right, Aramaic aleph (control) between legs;
extremely rare;
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