TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – RARE ISSUE OF TYRE YEAR 150 (AD 24/5) DURING CHRIST’S LIFETIME – VF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 20356)

$2,850.00

20356. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 14.29 g, 24 mm. Issued dated Tyre year 150 (AD 24/5), struck during the LIFETIME OF CHRIST.
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, PN (date) above club in left field, KP above monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 540–541 (same obverse die).
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, a very rare year struck during the city’s sesquicentennial anniversary and the lifetime of Jesus Christ, with seven properly dated specimens on CoinArchives.