Phoenicia, Tyre. Shekel; Phoenicia, Tyre; 49/8 BCE, Shekel, 14.30g. Obv: Laureate bust of Melqart r., with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TVPOV IEPAS KAI ASV?OV Eagle with palm branch over shoulder, standing l. with r. foot on prow of ship, OH (date) and club in l. field, BN in r. field. Ex Sasson Family collection, started in 1925.. EF