JD41483. Silver shekel, RPC I 4627, BMC Phoenicia p. 246 -, F/aVF, tight flan, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.245g, maximum diameter 27.3mm, die axis 45
o, 39 - 38 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 ΠH (year 88) over club left, monogram (control) right, Aramaic letter (control) between legs;
rare year;
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