TyreHalfShekel

AR Phoenicia, Tyre 1/2 Shekel 80/79 B.C.(7.14g) The denomination of the annual tax on each male for Solomon’s temple. O: Laur. Hd of Melkart r.; BMC 226 R: Eagle stg l. on prow; to l., club; to l., ZM; to r., delta; TYPOY IERAS KAI ASYLOY G: Iridescent toning. Superb. S: Brian Kritt, Burtonsville, MD 11/17/94