1084608 | GREEK. PHOENICIA. Tyre. Melkart. Struck 126/5 BC - circa 65/6 AD. AR Shekel. NGC Ch. XF (Choice Extremely Fine) Strike 4/5 Surface 3/5. 14.46gm. Laureate head of Melqart, right / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY. Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; ΘK (date) above club in left field, CA in right field, alef (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 103; HGC 10, 357.

Dated Civic Year 29 (98/7 BC).


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Popular "Shekel of Tyre" type thought to comprise the 30 pieces of silver: "Then one of the 12, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto then, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?' And they convenanted with him for 30 pieces of silver" (Matthew 26:14-15).