Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 30 mm, 14.19 g, 1 h), CY 6 = 121/0 BC. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. TYPOY IEP[AΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; in field to left, Lζ above club; between the eagle's legs, monogram of MY and Punic 'bet'. BMC 59. DCA Tyre 15. HGC 10, 357. An unusually attractive example. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.