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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (23mm, 14.23 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Civic Year 158 (AD 32/3). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; PNH (date) above club in left field left, KP above uncertain monogram in right. DCA Tyre 571-576.
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The a rare year of the shekel series. Although it is not the year commonly attributed to the year of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, because there is uncertainty regarding the true date of Jesus' death, it could've fallen anytime between Civic year 156 to 159. It is of popular belief that these Tyrian shekels were the "thirty pieces of silver" referenced in the bible.
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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (23mm, 14.23 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Civic Year 158 (AD 32/3). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; PNH (date) above club in left field left, KP above uncertain monogram in right. DCA Tyre 571-576.
From the Historical Scholar Collection
The a rare year of the shekel series. Although it is not the year commonly attributed to the year of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, because there is uncertainty regarding the true date of Jesus' death, it could've fallen anytime between Civic year 156 to 159. It is of popular belief that these Tyrian shekels were the "thirty pieces of silver" referenced in the bible.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-phoenicia-tyre-ca-126-5-bc-ad-65-6-ar-shekel-23mm-1423-gm-11h-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-4-5/a/61288-95110.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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