PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28.5mm, 14.37 g, 1h). Dated CY 50 (77/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LN (date) above club; A to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 178; HGC 10, 358; DCA 919. Lightly toned. Choice EF. Well centered on a broad flan.
Ex Kenneth Brattlie Collection; Goldberg 41 (27 May 2007), lot 2761.
