Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.03 g, 1h). Dated CY 172 (AD 46/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above E and monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2117 var. (monogram); RPC 4672; DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. EF, typical compact flan. Well struck for this late period.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.