PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.62 g, 12h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 159 (AD 33/4). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 376–7; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. In NGC encapsulation 3599936-001, graded Ch VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5, lt. smoothing. Clear date.
According to the traditional chronology, this coin was struck in the year of Jesus' crucifixion.