PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Half Shekel (Silver, 20.5 mm, 6.48 g, 12 h), Civic Era year 117 = 10/9 BC. Laureate head of Herakles-Melqart to right, with lion skin tied around his neck. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡ[ΑΣ ΚΑΙ Α]ΣΥΛΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow; behind, palm branch; in left field, PIZ (date) above club; in right field, KP above monogram; between eagle's legs, aleph. DCA 920. DCA-Tyre 287. HGC 10 358. RPC I 4647. Lightly toned. Some scratches, otherwise, very fine.