SH54403. Silver half shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 251, 230 var. (A right on rev); Rouvier 2036; HGC 10 358, gVF, obv. die wear, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 6.906g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 0
o, 76 - 75 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, AN (year 51) over club left, monogram right, Phoenician letter beth between legs;
rare variant;
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