Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 145 = AD 19/20. Laureate bust of Melkart to right / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm over right wing; ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ around, PME (date) and club to left, Phoenician alef between legs, KP over monogram to right. DCA Tyre 517; BMC -; cf. RPC I 4658; HGC 10, 357. 13.92g, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Struck during the lifetime of Christ.