PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27.5mm, 14.21 g, 1h). Dated CY 20 (107/6 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 57 (same obv. die as illustration); Rouvier 1997 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 91–2. Lightly toned, light scratches, surfaces a bit pitted. EF.