GS85156. Silver shekel, Rouvier 6 2011; BMC Phoenicia p. 240, 115; Baramki AUB p. 226, 43; Cohen DCA 919; HGC 10 357; SNG Cop -, Choice gVF, well centered and struck, attractive style, nice toning, light bumps and marks, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 14.366g, maximum diameter 27.4mm, die axis 0
o, 98 - 97 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, date ΘK (year 29) over club left, CA right, Aramaic letter alef between legs; ex Art of Money (Portland, OR);
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