Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 165 = AD 39/40. Laureate bust of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ], eagle standing left on prow, palm behind; PΞE (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right, Phoenician letter between legs. RPC 4697; DCA 922; DCA-Tyre 555. 7.13g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; attractive toning. Rare dating.
From the Yacob and Tali Shavleyan Collection;
Ex Morton & Eden Ltd., Auction 57, 3 July 2012, lot 160 (part of).