PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 25 mm, 14.13 g, 1 h), CY 121 = 6/5 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, ΡKA above club; to right, KP above monogram of AB; between eagle's legs, 𐤁 (B in Punic). DCA Tyre 441 (R3; this coin). HGC 10, 357 var. (unlisted date). RPC I 4647B. An extremely rare date. Lightly toned. Struck from a worn obverse die and with a scrape in the obverse field, otherwise, very fine.