PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 26 mm, 14.25 g, 12 h), CY 128 = AD 2/3. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, PKH above club; to right, KP above monogram; between legs, 𐤀 (A in Punic). DCA Tyre 456. HGC 10, 357 var. (unlisted date). RPC I 4650B. Removed from NGC encapsulation 4247531-002, graded Choice XF (Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5). Very rare. Struck from a worn obverse die and with a flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Vilmar Numismatics on 6 April 2016.