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PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel. (25mm, 14.28 gm, 1h). NGC VF 2/5 - 4/5. Year of the Crucifixion issue, dated Civic Year 159 (AD 33/4). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above XB monogram; Phoenician bet between legs; RPC I 4663; HGC 10, 357; DCA Tyre 580, DCA 920. The most popular year of the shekel series, struck in the year that Jesus Christ was crucified.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel. (25mm, 14.28 gm, 1h). NGC VF 2/5 - 4/5. Year of the Crucifixion issue, dated Civic Year 159 (AD 33/4). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above XB monogram; Phoenician bet between legs; RPC I 4663; HGC 10, 357; DCA Tyre 580, DCA 920. The most popular year of the shekel series, struck in the year that Jesus Christ was crucified.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD