TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – TYRE 50th YEAR ISSUE – XF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA BIBLICAL COIN (Inv. 21004)

$4,250.00

21004. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 14.30 g, 29 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 50 (77/6 BC).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, LN (date) above club in left field, ΔI in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 178 (same dies).
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, boldly struck, a very attractive specimen of Tyre’s 50th Year of issue; the variety with control letter B is rare, with only ten other specimens recorded on CoinArchives in the last 25 years.