A silver Shekel of Tyre, 44/5 C.E. – Fourree.
Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; lion skin around his neck. Rev: Eagle facing left; around Greek inscription TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY ( ’of Tyre the sacred and refuge'); in field date in Greek letters, ΡΟ, year 170 of the era of Tyre, 44/5 C.E.; club of Hercules and monogram KP.
10.97 grams; 22 mm.
This coin is an ancient forgery having a bronze or copper core with silver cladding.
The Tyrian shekel and its fractions was the only coin that could be given as the annual donation to the Temple in Jerusalem.
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Obv: Laureate head of Melkarth, the Phoenician Hercules facing right; lion skin around his neck. Rev: Eagle facing left; around Greek inscription TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY ( ’of Tyre the sacred and refuge'); in field date in Greek letters, ΡΟ, year 170 of the era of Tyre, 44/5 C.E.; club of Hercules and monogram KP.
10.97 grams; 22 mm.
This coin is an ancient forgery having a bronze or copper core with silver cladding.
The Tyrian shekel and its fractions was the only coin that could be given as the annual donation to the Temple in Jerusalem.
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