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Shekel Tyre CY 118 Date Recut to Year 119 (9/8 and 8/7 BC)
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Original date CY 118 (9/8 BC).
O: Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck
R: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PIH (date) above club, recut as PIΘ (Theta engraved over the H); to right, KP above Gamma K monogram; Phoenician A between legs.
- Unique, PIΘ is an unrecorded date in every standard reference. No recorded sales that I could find. Ex RG&S Provo, Utah
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