Shekel of Tyre

Phoenicia, Tyre 79-78 BCE (Year 48) AR Shekel (Tetradrachm) – 14.32g Obv: Laureate bust of Melqart right Rev: TYPOY IEPAΣ KAIAΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable) – Eagle standing left, w/ foot on prow, palm branch under far right wing, club in field to left, HM (date = year 48) above club, AM monogram to right, Phoenician letter between legs Hendin 307, RPC 4663, Sear 5918