Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 48 = 79/8 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart to right / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm over right wing; ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ around; HM (date) above club to left, Δ to right, Phoenician bet between legs. Cf. DCA Tyre 781; DCA 921; HGC 10, 358; CNG Triton XVII, 384 (same obv. die). 6.52g, 22mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very rare date for half shekel.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.