c.126/5 BC - 65/6 AD Phoenicia, Tyre - Melkart - Eagle

Name: c.126/5 BC - 65/6 AD Phoenicia, Tyre - Melkart - Eagle
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Phoenicia, Tyre
yr. 161 (AD 35/6)
Denomination: AR Shekel
Weight: 13.95g Silver

Obverse: Laureate bust of Melkart right.
Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow.

Grade: Ch XF - Extremely Fine
Strike: 4/5
Surface: 3/5

The shekel of Tyre is renowned as the most likely candidate for the coin used to pay Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus.