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| Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 14 | Auction date: 2 June 2002 |
| Lot number: 4395 | |
| Lot description: Phoenicia. Tyre, after 126 BC. AR Shekel-Tetradrachm (14.4 g), struck 8/9 AD. Choice for these late shekels. Laureate, skin-clad bust of Melkaart right. Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow, palm branch at shoulder, club and date in fields (year 134). BMC --; RPC 4653A. Usual small flan. A little striking flatness on eagle, but with lovely proof-like luster, especially on reverse. Pleasant portrait style. Issued in Jerusalem? Choice Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, pl. XXIII, no. 29. |  |
