★ Extremely rare date ★
Phoenicia. Tyre circa 126 BC-AD 65. Dated CY 98 = 29-28 BC
Shekel AR
26mm., 13,76g.
Laureate bust of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background, ЧH (date) above club to left, monogram or letters to right, Phoenician letter between legs.
nearly very fine
RPC I -; BMC -; DCA Tyre supp. - (cf. 341).