Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (23mm, 13.84 gm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Civic Year 148 (AD 22/3). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; PMH (date) above club in left field left, KP over MP monogram in right. DCA Tyre 535. Rainbow toning around the devices.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 71 (20 August 2003), lot 19
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