Auction 1
Auction No. 1
Oct 5, 2020
Israel
7 Nanavi, Jerusalem
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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 30:
A silver Half Shekel of Tyre.Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; ...
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Sold for: $640
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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; different monogram from previous coin to right, Phoenician B between legs; Greek inscription around, 'of Tyre the sacred and the city of refuge'.
23½ - 24 mm. 6.84 gr. axis 12. Date CY 51, 75/4 B.C.E. - reign of Alexander Yannai.
