JD40408. Silver half shekel, RPC I 4695, Prieur 1465, BMC Phoenicia -, aVF, toned, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.243g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 0
o, 36 - 37 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left, head left, wings closed, right talon on war galley ram, palm frond transverse right behind, PΞB (year 162) over club left, KP over monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs; from the Temple Tax Hoard;
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