Gemini, LLC
Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Half Shekel.
Year 48 = 79/8 BC. Half Shekel, 7.05g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP[OY IEPAΣ - KAI] AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date HM and club in left field; A above reversed Σ in right field. ΒΜC 227 var. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 162. Mint State.
Year 48 = 79/8 BC. Half Shekel, 7.05g (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP[OY IEPAΣ - KAI] AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date HM and club in left field; A above reversed Σ in right field. ΒΜC 227 var. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 162. Mint State.