JD33352. Silver half shekel, Hendin 920, SGICV 5209, aVF, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.265g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, 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;
barbaric style with blundered legends and date, typical of the later coins attributed by some experts to Jerusalem;
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