Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 154 = AD 28/9. Laureate head of Melkart to right / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm over right wing; ΤΥPΟΥ [ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ Α]ΣΥΛΟΥ around, PNΔ (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right, Phoenician alef(?) between legs. Cf. DCA Tyre 553; DCA 920 (unknown); HGC 10, 357 (date not listed). 13.79g, 25mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives with this date.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Struck during the lifetime of Christ.