JD79301. Silver half shekel, HGC 10 358; Cohen DCA 922; Hendin 6653; BMC Phoenicia p. 252, 235 ff.; RPC I 4681 ff.; Prieur 1455 ff., F, toned, bumps and marks, light corrosion, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.336g, maximum diameter 21.9mm, die axis 0
o, 18 B.C. - 69 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, uncertain date & club left, KP and monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs;
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