Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Tyre. Shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 134 = 8/9 CE, Boyhood of Jesus Christ, Shekel, 14.28g. RPC Suppl. I-4653B, Prieur-1410 (1 spec.). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) r., with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IEPA[S] - KAI ASY?O[Y] Eagle with closed wings standing l. on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder; Phoenician letter between the eagle's legs; date P?? and club in l. field; KP and monogram in r. field. Marked KP on reverse and hence struck at Jerusalem for temple tax rather than Tyre according to Meshorer, though this attribution is not accepted by the authors of RPC, pp. 655-6.This coin struck for use in the main temple of Jerusalem for taxes was struck when Christ lived and was at the age of eight or nine. Obverse die somewhat worn. VF