Important Ancient Coins

The East, Tyre, Half-Shekel, AD 33/4, similar, 6.33g/12h (RPC 4693; BMC –). Almost very fine (£90-120)

Although according to traditional chronology this coin was struck in the year of Christ’s crucifixion, AD 33, it is more likely that the crucifixion took place in AD 30 or 31