Auction 1
Auction No. 1
By Jerusalem Numismatics
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Oct 5, 2020
7 Nanavi, Jerusalem, Israel
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We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 1 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.
Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.
Photography: Daniel Rachamim.
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LOT 29:
A silver Half Shekel of Tyre.Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; ...
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A silver Half Shekel of Tyre. Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; lion skin around his neck. Rev: Eagle standing left on prow in centre; to left date and club of Hercules below; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; Greek inscription around, 'of Tyre the sacred and the city of refuge'.
22½ - 25 mm. 7.06 gr. axis 12. Date CY 51, 75/4 B.C.E. - reign of Alexander Yannai.
