Title

1/2 Shekel Coin

Description

Description
Obv: Dolphin over waves to right. Phoenician inscription above.
Rev: Horned owl to right, with crook and flail, all within incuse square.

Date Issued

450–400 B.C.E

Format

Weight: 3.35 g
Diameter: 14 mm.

Medium

Silver

Creator

Tyre (modern Sur, Lebanon)

Publisher

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Identifier

66.317

Source

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3910/12-shekel-of-tyre-with-dolphin?ctx=5cfde537-c4ea-41d4-9e8b-3931a76de5fe&idx=9

Provenance

By 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG, June 1, 1966.

Contributor

Michael Anthony Ross