PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 13.80 g, 11h). Dated CY 87 (40/39 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠZ (date) above club; monogram to right, [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA-Tyre 293; cf. Rouvier 2066; RPC I 4681A; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. In NGC encapsulation 4278912-002, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
From the Wayne G. Damron Collection. Ex Heritage 3073 (25 April 2019), lot 30185.