Rare "crucifixion Year" Shekel And 1/2 Shekel

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numisart Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 1:45 pm Phoenicia, Tyre. 126 B.C.-A.D 65 AR shekel (24 mm, 13.40 g, 12 h). Civic year 159 (A.D. 33/4). Laureate bust of Melkart right / [TYPIOY IEPA(sigma)] KAI A(sigma)Y(lambda)OY, eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; PN(theta); (date) above club to left, KP and monogram to right, Phoenician "b" between legs. Rouvier 2107 var. (monogram); RPC I 4663; BMC 204 var. (monogram). Toned, some smoothed horn silver on obverse, sharp date. Year of the Crucifixion. Nearly very fine. Phoenicia, Tyre. 126 B.C.-A.D 65 AR 1/2 shekel (21 mm, 6.37 g, 12 h). Civic year 159 (A.D. 33/4). Laureate bust of Melkart right / TYPIOY IEP[(sigma)] KAI A(sigma)[Y(lambda)OY], eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; PN(theta) (date) above club to left, KP and monogram to right, Phoenician "b" between legs. Rouvier -; RPC I 4693; BMC -. Porous, clear date. Year of the Crucifixion. Nearly very fine. The half shekels of the Crucifixion year are much rarer then the full shekels. This cataloger has seen only two half shekels and perhaps 30 full shekels with this date in his 25-year career. Edited by numisart 07/15/2015 1:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 2:31 pm Two nice coins. Report this Post to the Staff
numisart Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 11:33 pm These Tyrian shekels were specially minted as the only currency accepted for the temple tax (half-shekel) in Jerusalem, which resulted in money-changers operating out of the temple compound and the New Testament episode of Jesus confronting them. The shekel is also generally believed to be the silver Judas got 30 pieces of for his betrayal. Considering the role these coins played and the year these particular examples were minted, I wonder whose hands these may have touched! Report this Post to the Staff
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Rare "Crucifixion Year" Shekel And 1/2 Shekel