TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – YEAR 48 (79/8 BC) ISSUE – XF NGC GRADED GREEK BIBLICAL COIN (Inv. 21487)

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21487. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 14.25 g, 30 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 48 (79/8 BC).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, HM (date) above club in left field, Δ in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 171 (same obverse die).
NGC XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, “brushed,” with remnants of original encrustation.