Oslo Myntgalleri AS
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. After 126/5 BC. Dated year 47 (=80-79 BC). AR half shekel (6,95 g). Laureate head of Herakles-Melqart to right / TYPOY IEPAΣKAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on ship's ram, palm branch behind. ZM (date) above club in left field; monogram in right field; Phoenician letter between legs og eagle. Struck a little off centre. Toned. Ex. Oslo Mynthandel Auksjon 59, lot 1822. November 17-18th, 2007. . The shekel from Tyre is mentioned in the Bible as the thirty pieces of silver Judas received to betray Jesus Christ to the romans. Grade:1+/01