Phoenicia Tyre 1 BC/ AD 1 Silver Shekel NGC CHVF Rare Christ Millennium Shekel

 PHOENICIA. TYRE. Silver Shekel, 7.04g minted in Year 126 1 BC / AD 1 The Birth year of Jesus Christ, also know as the Millennium Shekel. As rare as they come right here. Obv. Laureate head of Melkart right, within dotted border. Rev. Eagle on prow to left, ΡΞΑ (date) and club to left, KP above X- monogram to right, Phoenician letter bet between legs. Millennium Shekel This is one of the rarest Shekels to own. It is known in many circles as the “Millennium Shekel” or Jesus Christ birth year Shekel because 1 B.C./ AD 1 date on the coin. Highly prized and only seen once or twice a year. This is the first one we have handled in a couple of years. It won’t be available long. Among the most popular types of ancient coins are shekels of Tyre, the main silver coinage of a powerful maritime city in ancient Phoenicia. Though desired for many reasons, shekels of Tyre are especially famous as the most likely candidate for the “30 pieces of silver” paid to Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus Christ. Th