TYRE SILVER HALF SHEKEL – EXTREMELY RARE CHRIST LIFETIME VARIETY OF YEAR 137 – VF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 19240)

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19240. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Half Shekel, 6.61 g, 19 mm. Lifetime of Christ issue dated Tyre year 137 (AD 11/2).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, PΛZ (date) above club in left field, KP above MPAΩ monogram in right field, Phoenician letter A between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 840.
NGC graded VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, struck on a broad planchet.

AD 11/2 is an extremely rare year for half shekels. There are two varieties catalogued by Cohen for this year: Cohen 840 with letter A (as on this coin) and 841 with letter B. CoinArchives lists only 3 other specimens.