Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Tyre. Half shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; Year 48=79/78 BCE, Half Shekel, 6.61g. BM-227. Obv: Laureate bust of Melqart r., with lionskin (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: TVP[OV IEPAΣ K]AI AΣVΛOV Eagle with palm branch over shoulder, standing l. with r. foot on prow of ship (off flan), date HM and club in l. field, Δ in r. field, Phoenician letter between eagle\'s legs.A half-shekel was the annual temple tax for each Jewish man. FDC