TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – YEAR 170 (AD 44/5) ISSUE – SCARCE PCGS GRADED SPECIMEN (Inv. 21284)

$3,500.00

21284. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 28 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 170 (AD 44/5).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, PO (date) above club in left field, KP above KAP monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 632 (same obverse die).
PCGS “GENUINE,” a scarce date with fewer than 20 specimens on CoinArchives.

This coin is graded in an old PCGS holder (13327466) labeled “Shekel of Tyre – Thirty Pieces of Silver – Genuine.” Up to now this is the only instance when PCGS graded ancients, doing so for a special promotion ca. 2006. The promotion was organized by dealer Jonathan K. Kern, who guaranteed the coins were genuine.