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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2032671, member: 5682&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Here&#039;s an intersting link about a collection of shekels up for auction. I know nothing about that coinage, but the background information and pictures found in the link are interesting: </font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">A unique collection of 38 ancient silver coins, all struck in consecutive years spanning the lifetime of Jesus, will be offered in Heritage Auctions&#039; World Coins &amp; Ancient Coins Signature® Auction at the Waldorf Astoria, Jan. 4-5 in New York. The collection of 38 shekels of Tyre, the main silver coin used in ancient Judaea leads several distinct private collections of coins spanning more than 2,000 years. </font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">Assembled by noted numismatic scholar and author Frank L. Kovacs of Corte Madera, California, over about a 25-year period, the shekels of Tyre will be offered as a single lot of 38 coins. The entire collection is expected to bring $150,000+.</font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">Each shekel contained about 14 grams of silver and is about 27mm in diameter. The obverse depicts a laureate head of Phoenician god Melqart, whose name means &quot;king of the city (Tyre)&quot;, their version of the Greek Herakles. The reverse depicts an eagle standing on a ship&#039;s prow. &quot;Since the Kingdom of Judaea did not at the time have a silver coinage of its own, the shekel of Tyre became the main coin of the realm,&quot; Michaels said. &quot;The authorities at the great Temple in Jerusalem would only accept Tyrian shekels as payment of the tithe or temple tax due to their consistent weight and purity.&quot;</font></i> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/judaea/phoenicia-tyre-126-5-bc-ad-65-6-collection-of-38-ar-shekels-spanning-the-lifetime-of-jesus-christ-circa-5-bc-ad-33-4/p/3037-60001.s?ctrack=1013373&amp;type=collectora-1---coin--news--tem120614" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/judaea/phoenicia-tyre-126-5-bc-ad-65-6-collection-of-38-ar-shekels-spanning-the-lifetime-of-jesus-christ-circa-5-bc-ad-33-4/p/3037-60001.s?ctrack=1013373&amp;type=collectora-1---coin--news--tem120614" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/judaea/phoenicia-tyre-126-5-bc-ad-65-6-collection-of-38-ar-shekels-spanning-the-lifetime-of-jesus-christ-circa-5-bc-ad-33-4/p/3037-60001.s?ctrack=1013373&amp;type=collectora-1---coin--news--tem120614</a></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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