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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (20mm, 7.08 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, scratches. Dated Civic Year 3 (124/3 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin around neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; L Γ (date) above club in left field, ZB between legs. DCA Tyre 727 (this coin) corr. (bet between legs). DCA 921 (R3, previously unknown). Beautiful rainbow toning throughout.
Researcher, Edward Cohen, author of Dated Coins of Antiquity - Tyre Supplement, Release 2 (DCA-Tyre), based his book mostly on photographs from museum collections and market sightings of nearly 3,000 total shekels and half shekels. Although the proportion of shekels and half-shekels varied considerably each year, he estimated that overall there are nearly 6 shekels for every appearance of a half shekel. The precise annual counts of shekels and half-shekels in the sample are shown in graphical format on pages 515 and 516 of DCA-Tyre.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (20mm, 7.08 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, scratches. Dated Civic Year 3 (124/3 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin around neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; L Γ (date) above club in left field, ZB between legs. DCA Tyre 727 (this coin) corr. (bet between legs). DCA 921 (R3, previously unknown). Beautiful rainbow toning throughout.
Researcher, Edward Cohen, author of Dated Coins of Antiquity - Tyre Supplement, Release 2 (DCA-Tyre), based his book mostly on photographs from museum collections and market sightings of nearly 3,000 total shekels and half shekels. Although the proportion of shekels and half-shekels varied considerably each year, he estimated that overall there are nearly 6 shekels for every appearance of a half shekel. The precise annual counts of shekels and half-shekels in the sample are shown in graphical format on pages 515 and 516 of DCA-Tyre.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD