PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26.5mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Dated CY 29 (98/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ΘK (date) above club; ΣA to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 104 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Lightly toned, deposits, struck with worn obverse die, delamination on reverse. VF.
Ex Vico 156 (5 March 2020), lot 279.