^Lot 1604 ANCIENT GREEK, Phoenicia, Tyre, AR shekel, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated Civic Year 161 (AD 35/6), NGC

ANCIENT GREEK, Phoenicia, Tyre, AR shekel, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated Civic Year 161 (AD 35/6), NGC Ch AU (strike 3/5, surface 3/5). DCA Tyre 590-592; HGC 10, 357. 12.51 grams. Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; P?A (date) above club to left, KP above XE monogram to right. Lightly toned and well centered, an iconic piece of history. Shekels of Tyre were accepted as payment for the temple tax at Jerusalem, and are generally thought to have made up the "thirty pieces of silver" that Judas received for betraying Jesus.
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