Biblical & Jewish Coins
Lot 4647 Session 16 (9.30am Saturday) Biblical & Jewish Coins
Estimate $800
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SOLD $800
PHOENICIA, Tyre, (c.2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.294 grams), Tyre mint, issued 113-112 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, to left DI ( = #14 = 113-2 B.C.), to right monogram, around **TUPOU IERAS KAI ASULOU*, (S.5918, cf.BMC 79-81, H. 917 [305]). Tight flan, good very fine and rare in this condition.
This coin type is often described as one of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas to betray Christ.
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