★ Very rare with this date ★

PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 28 mm, 13.76 g, 2 h), CY 120 = 7/6 BC. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind; to left, ΡK above club; to right, KP above monogram of MPA; between eagle's legs, 𐤀 ('A' in Punic). DCA Tyre 438 ( this coin ). HGC 10, 357 var. ( unlisted date ). RPC I -. Very rare with this date. Harshly cleaned and with some horn silver on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Roma 7, 22 March 2014, 787.