PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.14 g, 1h). Dated CY 177 (AD 51/2). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, POZ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram, beth between legs. DCA-Tyre 426; Rouvier –; BMC –; RPC I 4676; DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. VF, toned, a few marks and scratches.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.