PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BCE-65/6 CE. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 13.22 g, 12h). Dated CY 64 (63/2 BCE). Laureate head of Melqart right, wearing lion skin knotted behind neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow; palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΔΞ (date) above club; to right, monogram; Phoenician letter bet between legs. Hendin 6650 (this coin illustrated); DCA-Tyre 211; HGC 10, 357. Slight porosity, underlting luster, bruise on chin. Good VF.
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.