Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 343
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 7.03 g, 12h). 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 A between legs; TVP[OV IEPAΣ KAI] AΣVΛOV around. DCA-Tyre 876; Rouvier –; RPC I 4693; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Lightly toned, typical compact flan. VF. Rare. According to the most widely accepted chronology, this coin was struck in the year of Jesus' crucifixion, AD 33.
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