Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Tyre. 1/2 Punic Shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 27 = 100/99 BC, Shekel, 13.78g. Cf. BM-112. Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) r., with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP - OY IE[PAS] - KAI ASY?OY Eagle with closed wings standing l. on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder; Phoenician letter between the eagle's legs; date ZK and club in l. field; and monogram in r. field, apparently with M and Y surmounted by ?. Formerly in NGC holder; with their ticket, grading the coin "Ch XF, Strike 5, Surface 2".. EF

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