PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half shekel (23mm, 6.25 gm, 12h). NGC VF 5/5 - 2/5, scratches. Dated Civic Year 52 (75/4 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin around neck; dotted border / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; BN (date) above club in left field, Z in right field, aleph (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 793. Very rare. DCA reports only one tentative example that is not pictured.

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