PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Æ Shekel or fourrée Shekel core (22.5mm, 13.39 g, 1h). Uncertain date. VF.

Electronic Auction 593
Lot: 212.

Greek, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Æ Shekel or fourrée Shekel core (22.5mm, 13.39 g, 1h). Uncertain date. Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; [to left, date above club]; [to right, KP above monogram]; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA Tyre 952–4; cf. D. Hendin, “Bronze shekel of Jerusalem recently discovered” in The Celator 6.10 (October 1992), p. 36; cf. HGC 10, 357 (for type). Rough brown surfaces, some encrustation, off center on reverse. VF.

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. Unlike the prior lot, the present coin exhibits no indication of silver plating, but the surfaces are too degraded to determine whether it may be a likely bronze issue.

Closing Date and Time: 13 August 2025 at 11:10:20 ET.

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