712.  Tyre.  Uncertain year. Ĉ  Tetradrachm (Shekel) (12.58  gm). Struck in
Jerusalem. Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; KP
in  right field.  Cf. BMC  Phoenicia pg.  247, 198ff;  cf. Hendin  919; for
numismatic  and historical  background,  see D.  Hendin, "Bronze  Shekel of
Jerusalem Recently Discovered," The Celator (November 1992), pp. 36-37. VF,
rough brown patina. Possibly the second known.($750)

An unusual shekel struck in bronze. This is not a fourré, as the coin is
well struck and shows no traces of silver plating.

CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 712.
 
 Lot sold for $600.


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