TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – YEAR 107 (20/19 BC) ISSUE PLATED IN COHEN – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK BIBLICAL COIN (Inv. 20978)

$4,250.00

20978. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 14.23 g, 26 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 107 (20/19 BC).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, PZ (date) above club in left field, ΨΔP control monogram in right field, Phoenician letter A between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 389 (this coin illustrated).
Ex Vilmar Numismatics inv. 15956 (2020).
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, Cohen plate coin status noted on label.

An extremely rare year, with 15 specimens in the market records over the past 25 years; this particular monogram variety with only one other piece apparently known.