PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 14.40 g, 12h). Dated CY 37 (90/89 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ZΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 130; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Iridescent tone, trace deposits, a few minor marks. EF.
From the North River Collection. Ex Stack's (2 December 1998), lot 121.