Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.16 g, 1h). Dated CY 28 (99/8 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, HK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 99; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Toned, a couple scratches under tone on obverse. Good VF.


From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Southland Coins and Collectibles (Lake Charles, LA).