1085553 | GREEK. PHOENICIA. Tyre. Struck 126/5 BC - circa 65/6 AD. AR Shekel. NGC Ch. XF (Choice Extremely Fine) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5. 31mm. 14.34gm. Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ. Eagle standing left on prow; palm over right wing; ΔΞ (date) above club upwards in left field, Z in right field, Phoenician alef between legs. DCA Tyre 217.

Dated Civic Year 64 (63/62 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).