Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (28mm, 14.38 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Dated CY 20 (107/6 BC). Bust of Melqart right, wearing laurel wreath and lion's skin around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ], eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, LK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. HGC 10, 357. DCA p. 502. BMC Phoenicia 91. A lovely specimen, with deep iridescent toning.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD