Auction 1 Auction No. 1
Oct 5, 2020
Israel
 7 Nanavi, Jerusalem

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 20:

A silver Shekel of Tyre.Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; lion ...

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A silver 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'.
25 mm. 14.04 gr. axis 12. Date CY 104, 22/1 B.C.E. - the reign of Herod the Great.
Ex Yerucham Mezan collection.

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