PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 22 mm, 14.39 g, 1 h), CY 176 = AD 50/1. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. [TYPOY IEPAΣ] KAI AΣY[ΛOY] Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ΡΟς above club; to right, KP above monogram; between the eagle's legs, 𐤁 (B in Punic). DCA Tyre 658. HGC 10, 357. RPC I 4675. Beautifully toned. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.