TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – EXTREMELY RARE ISSUE OF TYRE YEAR 166 (AD 40/1) – VF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 19653)

$1,750.00

19653. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 13.79 g, 23 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 166 (AD 40/1).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ], eagle standing left on prow, PΞS (date) above club in left field, KP above ΦA monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 617 (same obverse die).
NGC graded VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “flan flaw,” an extremely rare date with only one specimen (poorly preserved) on CoinArchives.