PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BCE-65/6 CE. AR Shekel (27.5mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 128 (2/3 CE). 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, PKH (date) above club; to right, KP monogram; Phoenician letter bet between legs. Hendin 6652; DCA-Tyre 456; HGC 10, 357. Lightly toned, decent metal, well centered and struck. VF.
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.