Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 6.35 g, 12h). Dated CY 89 (38/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠΘ (date) above club; to right, BN; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier –; BMC –; RPC I –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922 (date not reported); DCA Tyre 209 var. (ZN to right of eagle); Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coins (4th Edition), pl. 36, 918 (this coin illustrated). VF, toned, some light scratches and roughness. Rare date.