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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2020 NYINC Auction | Auction date: 17 January 2020 |
| Lot number: 20055 | |
| Lot description: SYRIA. Phoenicia. Tyre. AR Shekel (14.02 gms), Dated CY 116 (11/10 B.C.). NGC AU, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Brushed. RPC-4646; HGC-10, 357. Obverse: Laureate bust of Melkart right, with drapery tied around neck; Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, PIς (date) above downward club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. Pleasingly toned and offering a fairly solid strike, this RARE date is from the series referred to in the Bible as the "thirty pieces of silver." Estimate: $800.00- $1200.00 |  |
