Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 130 = AD 4/5. Laureate bust of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm behind; PΛ (date) above club to left, KP above monogram to right, Phoenician letter between legs. DCA 922. 6.91g, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine; in good style, well-centred, with an attractive old cabinet tone.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.