TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – CRUCIFIXION ISSUE OF AD 33/4 – FINE NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA BIBLICAL COIN (Inv. 21326)

$4,950.00

21326. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 12.56 g, 24 mm. CRUCIFIXION ISSUE of year 159 (AD 33/4), traditionally regarded as the year when Jesus Christ was crucified.
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, PNΘ above club in left field, KP above ΛYΣ monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B (?) below eagle’s legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 578.
NGC (photo certificate) graded FINE, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, “edge chip” and “brushed,” “Year of the Crucifixion.” The edge chips prevent the coin from being safely encapsulated in a plastic holder, therefore it has received a photo certificate.