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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3583370, member: 88526&quot;]Nice pick up!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a &quot;Jerusalem&quot; mint shekel and a Tyrian half shekel below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]956306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Laureate bust of Melkart right</p><p><br /></p><p>ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (of Tyre the holy and inviolable)</p><p>Eagle standing left on prow; palm over shoulder, club to the left, flanked by date LM (40) and monogram ΔP to the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyre; Year 40= 87/86 BC</p><p>6.98g</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 5921; BMC 225</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-HJB Buy or Bid Sale 206, lot 103 (Nov 15, 2018); Ex-Calgary Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Removed from NGC holder prior to HJB.</p><p>NGC graded Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5; NGC 4278263-010</p><p><br /></p><p>I also wrote a numiswiki article here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Temple%20Tax" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Temple%20Tax" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Temple Tax</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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