SH62323. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 246, 176; Prieur 1374; RPC I 4628; SNG Cop 328 var. (controls); Baramki AUB -, VF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.713g, maximum diameter 28.2mm, die axis 45
o, 38 - 37 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 ΠΘ (year 89) over club left, o/ΔI monogram right, Aramaic letter
beth between legs;
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