PHOENICIA, Tyre. Circa 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28.5 mm; 12.70 g). Dated CY 30? = 97/6 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart right with lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; LΛ? (date) above club in left field; monogram in right field; Phoenician bet between legs. Brushed and slightly tooled on obverse. Area with corrosion on reverse. The date is partially corroded and therefor uncertain. Toned. DCA-Tyre 107, Allegedly purchased from Sverre Lerdahl in the 1970s Grade: VF