5763
Auction #27
Lot Number: 62319
Estimate: $400.00
Final Sale Price: $302.50
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Grade: VF lightly toned
Reference: RPC I 4658; BMC Phoenicia -
  Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 145 (19/20 AD). AR Tetradrachm - Shekel (14.09 gm). Laureate
  bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; PME and club to left, Phoenician
  letter between legs, KP and monogram right. RPC I 4658; BMC Phoenicia -. VF, lightly
  toned. Estimate $400.

  A Shekel of Tyre struck during the lifetime of Christ. 

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