PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (33mm, 14.29 g, 1h). Dated CY 45 (82/1 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ZM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 163; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Iridescent tone, minor flan flaw on reverse. VF.
From the Don T. Hayes Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 April 1993), lot 722.