SL96054. Silver shekel, RPC Online I 4657 (8 spec.); BMC Phoenicia p. 248, 199; Rouvier 2103; Cohen DCA 920; HGC 10 357,
NGC Ch XF, strike 4/5, surface 2/5 (5769683-005), Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 12.58g, maximum diameter 25mm, die axis 0
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lifetime of Christ, 18 - 19 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Melqart (Herakles) right, Nemean Lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle left, wings closed, right talon on war galley ram, transverse palm frond on far side, Phoenician letter bet between legs, PMΔ (year 144) and club left, KP over monogram right;
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