Silver half Shekel of Tyre drachm coin, "Thirty Pieces of Silver". Used as Jewish Temple Tax because of silver content. On the reverse, an eagle standing on the beak of a galley, palm branch in the background, various inscriptions in the field. Minted in Tyre of Phoenicia about 200 BC.
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