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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (25mm, 14.17 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Millennium issue, dated Civic Year 126 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin knotted around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow; palm over right wing, PKΣ (date) above club to left; KP above M to right, bet (Phoenician) between legs. RPC I 4650. DCA Tyre 454. DCA 920 (R1). Well struck on bright, satiny flan.
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A popular type dated the year of the turn of the Millennium and the year of division between ante Christum natum and anno Domini nostri.
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Estimate: 3000-5000 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (25mm, 14.17 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Millennium issue, dated Civic Year 126 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin knotted around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow; palm over right wing, PKΣ (date) above club to left; KP above M to right, bet (Phoenician) between legs. RPC I 4650. DCA Tyre 454. DCA 920 (R1). Well struck on bright, satiny flan.
From the WTR Collection
A popular type dated the year of the turn of the Millennium and the year of division between ante Christum natum and anno Domini nostri.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-phoenicia-tyre-ca-126-5-bc-ad-65-6-ar-shekel-25mm-1417-gm-1h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-4-5/a/3094-34142.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 3000-5000 USD