Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (20mm, 7.15 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Dated Civic Year 132 (AD 6/7). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm behind and over right wing; PΛB (date) above club in left field left, KP over M in right; alef (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 836 (this coin). A well struck example with delicate peachy toning.
From the Historical Scholar Collection
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD