Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27.5mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Dated CY 97 (30/29 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, (koppa)Z (date) above club; BN to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 340 (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946. Traces of horn silver, minor cleaning scratches, a couple pits on reverse. Good VF. Rare date.