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Phoenicia, Tyre, tetradrachm "shekel of Tyre," Melkart, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated CY 39 (88/7 BC).

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Phoenicia, Tyre, tetradrachm  shekel of Tyre,  Melkart, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated CY 39 (88/7 BC).
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Phoenicia, Tyre, tetradrachm "shekel of Tyre," Melkart, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated CY 39 (88/7 BC). HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. 14.37 grams. Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over shoulder, to left date above club; delta to right, Phoenician B between legs. Lustrous XF+ with nice reverse, off-center obverse, popular as a type of coin mentioned in the Bible as "thirty pieces of silver" paid to Judas to betray Jesus (Matthew 26:15).