PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (22mm, 7.14 gm, 1h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Dated Civic Year 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin knotted around neck; dotted border / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; AN (date) above club in left field, Δ in right field, bet (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 791. Centered strike on a satiny flan.
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