TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – ISSUE OF TYRE YEAR 161 (AD 35/6) RIGHT AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 18169)

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18169. PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver Shekel, 13.62 g, 24 mm. Issue dated Tyre year 161 (AD 35/6).
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ [ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ], eagle standing left on prow, [P]ΞA (date) above club in left field, KP above XE monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 592.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, an attractive specimen in high grade.