PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Æ Shekel (25mm, 13.05 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 140 (AD 14/5).

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 400. Estimated: $ 500

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Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Æ Shekel (25mm, 13.05 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 140 (AD 14/5). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, r (date) above club; to right, ˚r above A(?); b (Phoenician B) between legs. DCA-Tyre 954; D. Hendin, “Bronze shekel of Jerusalem recently discovered” in The Celator 6.10 (October 1992), p. 36; cf. HGC 10, 357 (for type). Dark green-brown surfaces, scrape on reverse. VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from David Hendin, December 1993.

E. Cohen, in DCA, lists these bronzes as fourrée cores. In his article in The Celator, though, D. Hendin notes that the surfaces of the bronze coin he observed had no indication that it was a fourrée core, and he contends that it is an official strike in bronze. The surfaces on the present coin also appear to be consistent with a bronze issue, rather than a fourrée core.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Two – Greek Coinage Part 2 through Roman Provincial Coinage Part 1 will be held Monday afternoon, 13 September 2021 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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