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Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Shekel.
Year 51 = 76/75 BC. Shekel, 14.29g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date AN and club in left field; Δ in right field. Cf. BMC 142-3 (Years 50 and 52; Year 51 not in BMC). EF.
Year 51 = 76/75 BC. Shekel, 14.29g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date AN and club in left field; Δ in right field. Cf. BMC 142-3 (Years 50 and 52; Year 51 not in BMC). EF.