Phoenicia, Tyre; AR Shekel; reign of Claudius; AD 46/47.
Obv. Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) to the right, with the lion's skin draped around his neck.
Rv. An eagle standing on the prow of a ship (prora) to the left, a palm branch supported by its right wing, a mace in the left field, and a Phoenician letter between the eagle's legs. The inscription "ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ]" encircles, [P]OB in the left field, ΚΡ above the monogram EPH in the right field.
Silver, 13.08 g, 22/23 mm, 1h. RPC I 4672.
Grade: VF, toned.
POB is year 172 of the local era = AD 46/47
