PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (26mm, 14.08 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF S 4/5 - 5/5. Year of the Crucifixion issue, dated Civic Year 159 (AD 33/4). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin tied around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ-ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm behind and over right wing; PNΘ (date) above club in left field left, KP over ΣAK monogram in right; bet (Phoenician) between legs. DCA Tyre 576. A gorgeous specimen of this popular year. Attractive style and toning. From the Historical Scholar Collection The most popular year of the shekel series, attributed to the year of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. It is of popular belief that these Tyrian shekels were the "thirty pieces of silver" referenced in the bible.

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