Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 439. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (14.34 g, 1h). Dated CY 41 (86/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, AM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 323 (half shekel); BMC 134 var. (letter between legs). EF, lightly toned.

Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.