Shekel of Tyre: Silver Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.3g), 123-2 BC.
Obverse: Bust of Melqarth
Reverse: Eagle standing facing left.
This coin: The famous tetradrachms ('shekels') is thought to be the most likely coinage with which Judas was paid his "thirty pieces of silver," for the betrayal of Christ.
Very Fine. Sear 5918 |