Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 67 = 60/59 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart to right / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm over right wing; ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ] around, ZΞ (date) and club to left, Phoenician letter(?) between legs, monogram to right. DCA Tyre 230; BMC -; HGC 10, 357. 12.49g, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two other examples offered at auction in the past 20 years.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.