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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tartanhill, post: 3419734, member: 93472&quot;]I found this very nice looking shekel on their auction 120, but the starting price seems very low. 800 AUD is about $560.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/noble/120/image03066.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.38 g), Tyre mint, issued year 20 = 107/6 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above LK, monogram HAP in right field, around **TUROU IER[AS KAI ASU]LOU*, (S.5918, Cohen [p.502], BMC 91 p.238, [this date], H.1618 [817]). Dark attractive patination, extremely fine and and rare as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3352).</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking up their reference to Sale 107, lot #3352, I found this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.noble.com.au//site/img/dyn/sales/s107/large/6368a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.noble.com.au//site/img/dyn/sales/s107/large/6368b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lot 3352&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/search?sale=107&amp;c=5741" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/search?sale=107&amp;c=5741" rel="nofollow">Session 11 (9.30am Thursday 20th November)</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/search?sale=107&amp;c=5745" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/search?sale=107&amp;c=5745" rel="nofollow">Greek Silver &amp; Bronze Coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Estimate <b>$1,800</b> </p><p>SOLD $1,400</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, </b>Tyre, (c. 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.), silver shekel or tetradrachm, (14.14 g), Tyre mint, issued year 32 = 95/4 B.C., obv. laureate head of Melqarth beardless to right, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, carrying a palm, standing on prow of ship, club to left, above B**L*, monogram HAP in right field, around **TUROU IER[AS] KAI ASULOU*, (S.5918, Cohen [p.509, reports date as R3, extremely rare ie. one example in 10 years], BMC 220 [this date], H.1618 [817]).<i> Extremely fine and a extremely rare date.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I think that even a casual observer can see that these are not the same coins.&nbsp; I have emailed Noble asking them to explain this discrepancy because I am interested in the coin presented.&nbsp; But has anyone dealt with this company?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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