TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – ISSUE OF YEAR 165 (AD 39/40) IN RARELY SEEN PCGS ENCAPSULATION – VF GREEK PHOECINIA COIN (Inv. 19797)

$2,250.00

19797. PHOENICIA. TYRE. 126/5 BC–ca. AD 65/6.
Silver Shekel, 25 mm. Issued dated Tyre year 165 (AD 39/40).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, ΡΞΕ (date) above club in left field, KP above NPA monogram in right field, Phoenician letter A between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 612.
VF, seemingly overstruck or double struck, in old PCGS holder (13327175) labeled “Shekel of Tyre – Thirty Pieces of Silver – Genuine.” Year 165 is rare, with only 7 pieces on CoinArchives.

This shekel was part of a group of 600 Tyrian shekels and half shekels slabbed by PCGS as a promotion ca. 2006. The promotion was organized by dealer Jonathan K. Kern, who guaranteed the coins were genuine. The pieces of this exceptional promotion represent the only instance when PCGS has encapsulated ancient coins.