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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 8360891, member: 75496&quot;]Do you have any two coins in your collection that seem to make a good pair - where, if you had only one, you’d feel like one was “missing?”&nbsp; That was the way I viewed the shekel and the less common half shekel of Tyre.&nbsp; For about four years, I had a full shekel, and felt that there was a “gap” in my collection for the half shekel.&nbsp; This year, I found one that met my selection criteria, and acquired it.&nbsp; Now the “twosome” are together <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have connections to the Bible.&nbsp; Tyrian shekels had a relatively high silver content (94% or more vs Roman silver that was about 80% pure), and were the only coins accepted for the temple tax. Money changers made a business of exchanging other currencies for the shekel. Tax collectors once asked Peter in Capernaum if his teacher paid the two-drachma (half shekel) tax. After commenting on the question, Christ miraculously provided sufficient means, a stater (a four-drachma Greek coin, a full shekel), for the tax to be paid for Him and Peter (Matthew 17:24-27).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s the dynamic duo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483996[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre.&nbsp; AR Shekel (13.29 g, 25 mm, 1h).</p><p>Dated CY 113 = 14/13 BC.&nbsp; (Struck in the decade before Christ&#039;s birth.)</p><p>Laureate head of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ [ΙΕΡΑΣ] ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, PIΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Beth between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20 mm, 6.57 g).</p><p>Dated CY 137 (AD 11/12). (Struck during the period that Christ lived in Nazareth.)</p><p>Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck. / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣ[Y]Λ[OY] Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛZ (civic year date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B, signifying officina, between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What are your coin &quot;duplets?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please show your dynamic duos, or singles awaiting their pairing!&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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