TYRE SILVER SHEKEL – LIFETIME OF CHRIST ISSUE OF YEAR 143 (AD 17/8) – VF NGC GRADED GREEK TYRE COIN (Inv. 18405)

$2,250.00

PHOENICIA. TYRE.
Silver shekel, 13.97 g, 26 mm. Issue of Tyre year 143 (AD 17/8), struck during the LIFETIME OF CHRIST.
Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right. Rev. ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, PMΓ (date) above club in left field, KP above DIO control monogram in right field, Phoenician letter B between legs.
DCA Tyre Supplement Release 2, 505.
NGC graded VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, an extremely rare year variety struck during the lifetime of Christ, with only 7 other specimens on CoinArchives.