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Shekel

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Date: 65–64 B.C.
Medium: Silver
Culture: Phoenician
Department: Coins
Institution: Getty Museum

Shekel from Tyre. Obverse: Bust of Melgarth to right with slight whisker, laureate, wearing a lionskin knotted around the neck. Inscribed with a border of dots. Reverse: Eagle standing left, with right foot on beak of ship and palm branch over right shoulder; in field at left, date and club; between legs of eagle, a Phoenician letter, in field to right, monogram or letters: BX, Z. Inscribed: TYPOYIEP, AS, KAIASYLOY.

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