SH79731. Silver shekel, RPC I 4657; BMC Phoenicia p. 248, 199 var. (controls); Cohen DCA 922; HGC 10 357; Baramki AUB -, VF, toned, marks and scratches, die damage or flan defect obverse top right, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 13.647g, maximum diameter 24.2mm, die axis 0
o, 18 - 19 A.D.; 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, Phoenician letter aleph between legs, PMΔ (year 144) and club left, KP over monogram right;
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