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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #12
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                 Web Product ID: 2703
                 Estimate: $400.00
                 Final Sale Price: $341.00
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                 Denomination: Tetradrachm -- Shekel
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: BMC Phoenicia p. 240, 116




  Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 30 (=97/6 BC). AR Tetradrachm -- Shekel (14.21 gm). Laureate
  bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; LL and club to left, Phoenician
  letter between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia p. 240, 116. VF. Estimate $400.



  The shekel of Tyre is renowned as the most likely candidate for the coin used to pay
  Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus. The reason why it is generally accepted as such
  is that it was used by the merchant Phoenicians in their business transactions, and
  was thus a well recognized and very common coin.