1084723 | GREEK. PHOENICIA. Tyre. Struck Yr. 30 (97/6 BC). AR Didrachm or Shekel. NGC Ch. XF (Choice Extremely Fine) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5. 27mm. 13.97gm. Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 107; HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946.


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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) . .