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Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Phoenicia. Tyre. Shekel.
Year 144 = 18/19 AD. Shekel, 14.23g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Melqart right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: [TVPOV IEPAΣ] KAI AΣVΛ]OV Eagle standing left on prow, palm over its shoulder, club and date PMΔ in field before, K[P] and monogram behind, Phoenician letter beth between eagle's legs. RPC 4657 (6 spec.). Prieur 1417. BM 199. Ex Berk 146, 29 November 2005, lot 146. Struck during the lifetime of Jesus, about ten years before the crucifixion. Areas of reverse flatly struck. EF.
Year 144 = 18/19 AD. Shekel, 14.23g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Melqart right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: [TVPOV IEPAΣ] KAI AΣVΛ]OV Eagle standing left on prow, palm over its shoulder, club and date PMΔ in field before, K[P] and monogram behind, Phoenician letter beth between eagle's legs. RPC 4657 (6 spec.). Prieur 1417. BM 199. Ex Berk 146, 29 November 2005, lot 146. Struck during the lifetime of Jesus, about ten years before the crucifixion. Areas of reverse flatly struck. EF.