Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (29mm, 14.31 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 4/5. Dated Civic Year 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin knotted around neck / ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing, HM (date) above club to left, AΣ monogram to right, aleph (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 170. Gradient luster of amber to obsidian flashes across the bold devices.
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