phoenicia-tyre-silver-didrachm-or-half-shekel
Lot 1056
Phoenicia, Tyre, Silver Didrachm or Half-Shekel
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(6.73g), date obscured, circa 126/5 B.C. - 65/66 A.D., Laureate head of Melqart, right / Eagle standing left. Cf. SNG Cop 323. This denomination was accepted for the Temple Tax in Jerusalem.

Ex. Isfia Hoard, Mt. Carmel, Israel, 1960. Included is a copy of the coin's 1998 bill of sale naming the provenance.

Nearly VF; off-center strike affecting obverse and reverse.