SH94461. Silver half shekel, RPC I 4695, Prieur 1465, BMC Phoenicia -, aVF,
attractive style, toned, bumps and marks, die wear, closed edge crack, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 6.244g, 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, right foot on ship's ram, palm frond behind, PΞB (year 162) over club left, KP over monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs; ex Forum (2010), ex Temple Tax Hoard; $775.00



