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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #27
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                 Lot Number: 62319
                 Estimate: $400.00
                 Final Sale Price: $302.50
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                 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. This is the coin type most
  likely awarded to Judas, as the "30 pieces of silver," for the betrayal of Christ.


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