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Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel (dated 79/8 BC) - Judas 30 Pieces of Silver Bible Coin
Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel (dated 79/8 BC) - Judas 30 Pieces of Silver Bible Coin
Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel (dated 79/8 BC) - Judas 30 Pieces of Silver Bible Coin
Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel (dated 79/8 BC) - Judas 30 Pieces of Silver Bible Coin

Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel (dated 79/8 BC) - Judas 30 Pieces of Silver Bible Coin

$ 475.2

Availability: 15 in stock
  • Era: Ancient
  • Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
  • Year: 79 BC
  • Variety: Hellenistic Period
  • Composition: Silver
  • Denomination: Shekel

    Description

    Greece, Near East. Hellenistic Period. Phoenicia, Tyre AR shekel. Dated CY 48 or 79/8 BC. About VF; some porosity to obv, the famous Judas' "thirty pieces of silver."
    Design: Laureate head of Melqart right, wearing lion-skin / Eagle perched left on prow; date above club to left, Phoenician B (bet) between legs
    Ref. HGC 10, 357. DCA 919. DCA Tyre-172 (same obverse die).
    Dimensions: 30 mm / 13.87 gm
    Condition: About VF; an affordable example of the popular Biblical type.
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