PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC - AD 65/6. AR shekel (14,06 g). Dated Civic Year 83 (44/3 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin around neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond above left wing; ΠΓ (date) above club in left field; BN in right field; Phoenician A between legs. Very minor roughness in fields. Deeply toned. DCA-Tyre 276, DCA 919, HGC 10, 357, Purchased from Spink & Son in June 1986 Grade: 1+