Phoenicia, Tyre. 1/2 Punic Shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 162=36/37 AD, Shekel, 14.20g. BM-206, RPC-4666 (6 spec.). Obv: Laureate bust of Melqart r. Rx: [TYPOY IEPAS] - KAI ASY?OY Eagle standing l. on prow, palm over its shoulder in background, to l. club with P?B (date) above, to r. KP / X. NGC 4374019-001. Marked KP on reverse and hence struck at Jerusalem rather than Tyre according to Meshorer, though this attribution is not accepted by the authors of RPC, pp. 655-6.. EF
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