SH49483. Silver half shekel,
possibly unpublished date for half shekel, Rouvier - (cf. 2039, shekel), BMC Phoenicia -, SNG Cop -, et al., VF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 6.516g, maximum diameter 21.65mm, die axis 45
o, 75 - 74 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, BN (year 52) over club left, Z right, Aramaic letter between legs;
very rare;
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