1086360 | GREEK. PHOENICIA. Tyre. Struck Yr. 21 (106/5 BC). AR Shekel. NGC AU (About Uncirculated) Strike 4/5 Surface 4/5. 25mm. 14.22gm. Bust of Melkart (Melqart) right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEP[AΣ KAI] AΣYΛOY. DCA-Tyre 61; HGC 10, 357; DCA2 946; BMC 98; Rouvier 1998 variant (letter between legs).


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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).