Lot 3143
Phoenicia, Tyre. Struck 97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.1 g). Known as the "Shekel of Tyre". Laureate head of Melqart right. Reverse: Legend (Tyre the holy and inviolable). Eagle standing l. with r. foot on prow of ship, palm branch over r. shoulder, date and club in field to l; monogram in r. field. BMC 117. Very Fine.
Then one of the 12, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto then, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?' And they convenanted with him for 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-15).
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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