SH28054. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia, p. 241, 126 - 127 var. (right monogram); Baramki AUB p. 227, 48 var. (same); HGC 10 357, EF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.742g, maximum diameter 28.2mm, die axis 0
o, 92 - 91 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 ΕΛ (year 35) over club with handle up and palm frond left, MY monogram (control) upper right, Phoenician letter bet (control) between legs;
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