TYRE SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE CHRIST LIFETIME ISSUE OF TYRE YEAR 143 (AD 17/18) – VF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 17699)

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17699. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver shekel, 13.76 g, 24 mm. Issue of Tyre year 143 (AD 17/8), struck during the LIFETIME OF CHRIST.
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, PMΓ (date) above club in left field, KP above ΔIOC monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between eagle’s legs.
Tyre Supplement Release 2, 505.
NGC graded VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, an extremely rare year variety with the ΔIOC control monogram struck during the lifetime of Christ.