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Lot # 227
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Half Shekel (126/5 BC-AD 65/6). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC).

Obv: Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck.
Rev: TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV.
Eagle standing left, on prow of galley, and with palm on wing; to left, HΛ (date) above club; monogram to right.

DCA-Tyre 764; HGC 10, 357.

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 7.15 g.
Diameter: 23 mm.