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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 2407425, member: 58462&quot;]Here are a few of mine that are a bit harder to find.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496946[/ATTACH] </p><p>Half Shekel, Tyre LA (Year 1)</p><p>6.43 g Tyre Mint 126/125 BCE</p><p>O: Head of Herakles (Melqart)</p><p>R: Eagle standing left; ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ &quot;Of Tyre the Holy and City of Refuge.&quot; around; Date LA to left; Monogram FP to right.</p><p>BMC Phoenicia page 250 #213 lists only one Year 1 half shekel, that one with M monogram. DCA lists this date as R3, the highest rarity rating. </p><p>Unique with with FP monogram. Glossy, dark chocolate find patina.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496947[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Shekel, Tyre</b></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 13.82 g). Dated CY 51 (76/75 BC). The letter A may have been engraved over another letter.</p><p>O: Laureate bust of Melkart right R: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond over right wing; to left, AN (the date on this coin is very likely re-engraved) above club; D to right; b between legs. - No. 129 in Cohen&#039;s 2014 Supplement.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496948[/ATTACH] </p><p>Shekel 14.29 g, Year 159, 33/34.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496949[/ATTACH] </p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (13.10 g, 12h). </p><p>Dated CY 92 (35/4 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ЧB (date) above club; monogram to right, beth between legs. </p><p>Extremely rare with star countermark. (7 or 8 known to exist? Unique with this date.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Shekels and Half Shekels of Tyre began being issued as autonomous silver coins in 126/125 BCE after gaining freedom from Seleucid domination that year. Although similar in style to the Seleucid coinage, the most obvious change was the King&#039;s bust being replaced with the city&#039;s chief god Melqart. </p><p><br /></p><p>They have become highly desired due to their being the money of choice for payments to the Jerusalem Temple. The half shekel was the required yearly tribute to the temple for every Jewish male over the age of 20.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ed Cohen notes in Dated Coins of Antiquity, that the minting of Tyre shekels or, more specifically, half shekels, ended at the onset of the Jewish Revolt in 65/66 and the minting of the Jewish Revolt shekels then begins. This, along with other compelling evidence, has led many, including me, to believe the later &quot;KP&quot; shekels were struck south of Tyre.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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