Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 28  –  9 - 14 December 2023

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 28

Celtic, Greek, Central Asian, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic and Modern ...

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Description

PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Shekel (Silver, 24 mm, 14.00 g, 12 h), CY 123 = 4/3 BC. Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin tied around neck. Rev. TYPOY IEPAΣ [KAI] AΣY[ΛOY] Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, PKΓ above club; to right, KP above monogram; between legs, 𐤀 (A in Punic). DCA Tyre 444 var. (𐤁 between legs). HGC 10, 357 var. (𐤁 between legs). RPC I 4648 var. (𐤁 between legs). Removed from NGC encapsulation 4628770-007, graded Choice XF (Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5). Apparently unrecorded with 𐤀 between the eagle's legs. Struck from worn dies and with some roughness, otherwise, very fine.

From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Heritage 3067, 6 September 2018, 33241.

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