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| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) PHOENICIA, TYRE 126/5 BC-c.AD 65/6 |
| Item Description: |
AR Shekel Phoenicia, Tyre yr.159 (AD 33/4) Melkart/eagle on prow |
| Full Grade: |
NGC VF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 |
| Owner: |
goldsaint |
Owner Comments:
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated BC 126/5 (AD 67/8). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs;Jerusalem Mint TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 2107 var. (monogram, Phoenician letter); RPC I 4663; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 204 var. (same). 13.18g, 24mm.