Phonecia, Tyre, Tetradrachm or "Shekel of Tyre", 101 B.C.
26mm, 14.29gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: Head of Melquart right.
Rx: TYPOY IEPAS ASULOU. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, plam under wing; club in left field; AK (= yr 21 = 102/1 B.C.), monogram in field right.
Cf. SGI 5918.
Among those interested in tracing "Biblical" connections, coins of this type are widely believed to have been the most likely coin with which Judas was paid his "30 pieces of silver". Due to its purity of silver, this was the only coin acceptable for payment of the temple tax in Jerusalem.