PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 11.45 g, 1h). Dated CY 79 (48/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, OΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Toned, rough surfaces. VF. Unpublished date with this monogram control mark (it is known for CY 78).