PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.91 g, 12h). Dated CY 30 (97/6 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 106 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946. In NGC encapsulation 2407216-008, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5, porosity.
