SH53309. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 240, 107; Baramki AUB p. 225, 38; HGC 10 357, gVF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 14.255g, maximum diameter 28.9mm, die axis 0
o, 103 - 102 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, ΔK (year 24) over club and palm frond left, HAP monogram (control right, Phoenician letter nun (control) between legs; heavy flow lines on the obverse, well centered;
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