Unrecorded date of a shekel

arty62 · March 4, 2019 12:20PM

Coin authencated by David Sear/A.C.C.S. as a silver tetradrachmof Tyre or possibly Jerusalem. Can anyone give me approx. value of this coin?

Insider2 · March 4, 2019 1:03PM

Question. Did you get Sear's opinion in person or in writing or did someone tell you he authenticated it?

arty62 · March 4, 2019 1:38PM

Got Sears authentication in writing...I have it,

arty62 · March 5, 2019 11:25AM

Here is the Sear authentication.

Sapyx · March 7, 2019 12:46AM

As a general rule, "lifetime of Jesus" shekels are worth considerably more than coins issued a few decades before or after - simply because of that potential biblical connection, as a "thirty pieces of silver" coin. The catalogue quoted on the certificate gives a price of GB£90, but was published back in 2001. There's one up for auction in the next CNG sale, dated Year 155 (the year before yours), in roughly similar condition, given a US$300 estimate; here's the entry on CoinArchives:https://coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1443784&AucID=2963&Lot=143&Val=c05ae429122a055903af48ff5da7606c

arty62 · March 10, 2019 12:28PM

Thanks Sapyx for your help. I have submitted coin to NGC for evaluation etc.

Unrecorded date of a shekel

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