Judaea, Tetradrachm, c. 120-30 BC; AR (g 14,20; mm 28; h 1); Laureate bust of Melquart r.; around border of dots, Rv. TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing l. on prow; at l. club, behind palm-tree. Hendin 1618.
Rare, old cabinet tone. Extremely fine.
This coin is an imitation of tetradrachms of Tyre. According authors, these coins were so used that they were coined also in Judaea for daily activities as payments in temple of Jerusalem.