JD40037. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 248, 201; RPC I 4659; Prieur 1419, EF, uneven, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 14.236g, maximum diameter 24.8mm, die axis 0
o, 20 - 21 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, letter between legs, PMΣ (year 146 = 20/21 A.D.) and club left, KP and monogram right;
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