Phoenicia, Tyre Silver Shekel

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Phoenicia, Tyre, AR Shekel, dated CY 41 (76/75 BC), 14.30g. Laureate head of Melkart facing right. Rev. ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; AN…
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Phoenicia, Tyre, AR Shekel, dated CY 41 (76/75 BC), 14.30g. Laureate head of Melkart facing right. Rev. ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; AN over club to left, Δ to right. (HGC 10, 357). Nearly Extremely Fine.

This type of coin is believed to be one of the Biblical ‘Thirty Pieces of Silver’ offered to Judas.

Specification

Coin Group

Ancient Greece

Denomination

Shekel

Metal

Silver

Weight 14.3 g

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