Silver Shekel of Tyre (126BC - 56 AD)
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These feature the likeness of the Phoenician god Melqart or Baal. The reverse has the inscription Greek inscription "????? ????S ??? ?S????" (Tyrou hieras kai asylou, "of Tyre the holy [city] and [city] of refuge"). Roman coins were only 80% silver and the Shekel was 94% and required as payment of the temple tax. Estate of Linda McRae Noe Laine, heiress and philanthropist, Lake Tahoe, Nevada and Washington, DC
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Silver Shekel of Tyre (126BC - 56 AD)
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