Phoenicia, Tyre. 1/2 Punic Shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 83=44/43 BC, Shekel, 14.24g. RPC-4622 (4 spec.), Prieur-1368 (4 spec.). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) r., with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP - OY IEPAS - KA[I] ASY?OY Eagle with closed wings standing l. on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder; Phoenician letter between the eagle's legs; date ?G in l. field; and ?I in r. field, the ? surmounted by an o. Formerly in NGC holder; with their ticket, grading the coin "XF, Strike 3, Surface 3".Obverse struck with worn die. EF
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