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 27:

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 A between legs; Greek inscription around, 'of Tyre the sacred and the city of refuge'.
22 mm. 6.93 gr. axis 12. Date CY 47, 79/8 B.C.E. – reign of Alexander Yannai.

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