SYRIA. Phoenicia. Tyre. AR Shekel, dated CY 38 (89/8 B.C.). ICG AU 50.HGC-10, 357; DCA-919. Obverse: Laureate head of Melkart right, wearing lion skin around neck; Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background. A sharp, lustrous Tyrian Shekel perfectly centered on a broad flan. Light cleaning marks and encrustations, but an impressive example altogether.ICG AU 50.From the G. L. Hermann Collection.


































