Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 126 (1 BC/1 AD). AR, Silver Shekel. Year "zero"
    Tetradrachm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 248, 196 var.; RPC I 4650. Good VF. Rare.
$750.00.
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 126 (1 BC/1 AD). AR Tetradrachm -  Click for Larger Image
Shekel (13.94 gm). Laureate bust of Melkart right /
Eagle standing left on prow; date and club to left, KP   [Image]
and (A-M)monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 248, 196
var.(?); RPC I 4650. Good VF, a few gouges. Rare. Estimate $750.

History: The year appears to read PKG=126 (1 BC/1 AD), but the monogram is
appropriate to year PKE=125 (2/1 BC). The lack of a Year 126 specimen in BMC
makes comparison of monograms impossible. This coin is a likely a rarity from
what could be called "year zero;" the turn of the Christian millenium, the
traditional birthdate of Christ. Regardless, either date is extremely rare, one
specimen cited in RPC for year 125, and three for year 126.

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