SL95986. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 243, 141; Cohen DCA 919/49; HGC 10 357; SNG Cop -, NGC Ch AU, strike 4/5, surface 3/5 (5770405-008), Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 14.330g, maximum diameter 28.6mm, die axis 0
o, 78 - 77 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 ΘM (year 49) over club left, Δ right, Aramaic letter bet between legs; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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