Phoenicia, Tyre. Half shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 37 = 90/89 BC, Half Shekel, 6.96g. Cf. BM-128 (tetradrachm). Obv: Laureate head of Melqart r. with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP[OY IEPAS - K]AI ASY?OY Eagle standing l. with r. foot on prow of ship and palm branch over r. shoulder, between date Z? and club on l. and monogram on r.; Phoenician letter between legs of eagle.
($1250)