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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #42
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                 Lot Number: 64910
                 Estimate: $250.00
                 Final Sale Price: $222.20
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                 Denomination: Half Shekel
                 Grade: Good VF
                 Reference: BMC Phoenicia 189-191 (Shekel); cf. RPC 4644




  Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 114 (13/12 BC). AR Didrachm -- Half Shekel (7.01 gm). Laureate
  bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; RID and club
  to left, KP and a monogram to right. Cf. BMC Phoenicia 189-191 (Shekel); cf. RPC 4644
  (Shekel). Good VF. Unpublished year for a half shekel. Estimate $250.