Jonathan K. Kern Inventory

42-43 AD silver shekel of the design of Tyre in Phoenecia

Vitae

Date: 42-43 AD

Dimensions: 26mm

Certified by: ICG

Grade: EF45 PQ

Obverse

Obverse of 42ad

Laureate head of Melquarth, the Phoenecian version of Hercules

Reverse

Reverse of 42ad

Eagle on the prow of a galley.

Additional Notes

By this time period most scholars believe the coins of this design were now struck in Jerusalem, to insure a supply of the coins needed for the payment of temple dues by every male Jew. Since this type coin was in the temple treasury, the assumption follows that these coins were paid out of the treasury by the priests to Judas for the betrayal of Christ. Wide flan for this period, high relief head.

Cost: $977