Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 144 = AD 18/9. Laureate head of

Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 144 = AD 18/9. Laureate head of Melkart to right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, palm behind; PMΔ (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right, uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. RPC I 4657; DCA Tyre 508; DCA 922; HGC 10, 357. 13.29g, 24mm, 12h.



Good Very Fine. Scarce lifetime of Christ issue.



Ex Morton & Eden, Auction 59, 13 November 2012, lot 787.