Shekel of Tyre Pendant (75-74 B.C.)

A luminous coin with a storied past. The silver tetradrachm (shekel) highlighted in this pendant was struck in extremely high relief, drawing attention to the artistic detail of the laurel wreath in particular. Minted in Tyre, Phoenicia (now Lebanon), the obverse of the tetradrachm is a portrait of Phoenician god Melqarth, while the reverse contains an eagle. The 14k solid gold setting beautifully sets off the dramatic silver of the coin. Shekels such as this played a huge part in several biblical stories and are a meaningful way to own an important element of history.

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Price: $2539.00

Coin minted:	c. 75-74 B.C.
Coin denomination/metal:	Silver tetradrachm (Shekel)
Coin grade:	Premium quality Hand selected by our senior numismatist for exceptional beauty and detail
Setting:	Handcrafted 14k solid gold

About this coin

Few coins made as many appearances in biblical stories as the shekel of Tyre. Most famously, shekels are known as the 30 pieces of silver in exchange for which Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities. All Jewish men, including Jesus and his disciples, were required to pay the Jerusalem Temple one shekel per year as their annual tax. Shekels were issued continuously from around 126 BC to the time of the first Jewish war in 69-70 AD. These coins were minted in Tyre, a large port city in Phoenicia that was among the first cities in the region to strike its own coinage.

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