Lot 3307
Sale 108 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Phoenicia, Tyre, (c.2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.30 g), Tyre mint, obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, to left **GN* ( = year 53 = 74-3 B.C.), to right **A*, Phoenician letter between legs, around **TUPOU IERAS KAI ASULOU*, (S.5918, cf.BMC 142-4 [cf.Pl.XXX,6], H. 917 [305]). Toned, broad large flan, extremely fine and rare as such.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 80 (lot 3260). A coin type often described as one of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas to betray Christ.
- Estimate
- $1,200
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $1,200