1/2 shekel of Tyre with dolphin
about 450–400 B.C.
MintTyre, Phoenicia
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 14 mm. Weight: 3.35 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number66.317
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ProvenanceBy 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG, June 1, 1966
A.D. 1403–1425
A.D. 527–565
about A.D. 830/1–838
A.D. 830 or 831
about 430 B.C.
about 225–214 B.C.