JD40409. Silver half shekel,
Year unlisted in primary references; BMC Phoenicia -, Prieur -, RPC I -, F, overstruck or flipstrike?, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 5.845g, maximum diameter 19.6mm, die axis 0
o, Reign of Herod, 26 - 25 B.C.; 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, PA (year 101) over club left, KP over ΛN? monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs; may have remnants of a legend from undertype or flip strike on the obverse; toned;
extremely rare;
SOLD