Description
PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.43g). Dated CY 96 (31/0 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, (koppa)ς (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 334 ; HGC 10, 357; DCA 921. Lightly Toned.