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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 684899, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m nowhere near qualified to appraise your coin but that does not mean I don&#039;t have an opinion (assuming it to be genuine). Details:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lets start by searching the link Bart9349 provided for a similar coin. On the first page we find:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Silver+shekel+from+Tyre&amp;view_mode=1&amp;cac=1&amp;cng=1&amp;fac=1&amp;page=1#2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Silver+shekel+from+Tyre&amp;view_mode=1&amp;cac=1&amp;cng=1&amp;fac=1&amp;page=1#2" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Silver+shekel+from+Tyre&amp;view_mode=1&amp;cac=1&amp;cng=1&amp;fac=1&amp;page=1#2</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That coin and your share a small flan with most of the encircling legend lost. Your coin loses a lot of points for the eagle head on the reverse but is better centered on the obverse. I&#039;d give a bonus for that eagle head. Your coin has a lot more wear and surface problems which would make the acsearch coin considerably more valuable. Both show the KP mintmark (the best one price wise) of Jerusalem but their coin is dated P(xi)(theta) or year of their era 169 which translates to 43/44 AD. Yours is P(xi)A or 161 = 35/6 AD. That means both coins miss the door prize since neither was made until after the date of the Judas pay off so could not have been in the bag. (Yes, some people would pay extra for one dated PNE (155 = 29/30) or a little before.) Neither is worth more than the other because of the date.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, we need to point out that Gemini Auctions will get more for a coin that a collector selling to a dealer or on eBay. The auction estimated the coin at $1000 which the bidders present that day did not support. On another day they might have. Is your coin worth as much as the $675 listed for the comparison coin? IMHO, No. Is it worth a lot less? That is an opinion question for which we all will answer differently. We each must weigh the value of the wear, the eagle head, the missing legend, the date, the mint, the surfaces etc. etc. etc. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope this overlong paragraph will point out why it is harder to grade/price ancients than mechanically produced modern coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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