PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (20mm, 6.61 gm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 3/5. Uncertain civic year. Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck; dotted border / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; illegible date above club to left, illegible monogram to right, aleph (Phoenician) between legs. Cf. DCA Tyre 934.

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