Gemini, LLC
Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Shekel.
Year 37 =90/89 AD. Shekel, 14.38g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IE[PAΣ] - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date ZΛ and club in left field; ΔοΥ in right field. ΒΜC 128 var. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 159. Mint State.
Year 37 =90/89 AD. Shekel, 14.38g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IE[PAΣ] - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date ZΛ and club in left field; ΔοΥ in right field. ΒΜC 128 var. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 159. Mint State.