Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 342
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 159 (AD 33/4). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; [TVPOV] IEPAΣ KAI [AΣVΛOV] around. DCA-Tyre 579 (this coin illustrated); Rouvier 2107 var. (monogram); RPC I 4663; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 204 var. (same). Lightly toned, light earthen deposits, traces of find patina, a little off center. VF. Clear date. From the J. K. Biblical Collection.According to the most widely accepted chronology, this coin was struck in the year of Jesus' crucifixion, AD 33.
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