Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half-Shekel. Dated CY 36 = 91/90 BC. Laureate head of Herakles-Melkart right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left with right foot on prow of ship, palm branch over right shoulder, club in left field, Phoenician aleph between legs, SΛ (date) – Δ across fields. BMC 223. 6.90g, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Gemini IX, 9 January 2012, lot 165.