Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 24 mm, 14.09 g, 12 h), CY 125 = 2/1 BC. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. TY[POY IEPAΣ KAI] AΣYΛOY Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind; to left, PKE above club; to right, KP above monogram; between the eagle's legs, 𐤁 (B in Punic). DCA Tyre 448-449. HGC 10, 357. RPC I 4649. Some scratches and minor deposits, otherwise, fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired in 2016.