Triton XVI, Lot: 564. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 145 (AD 19/20). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, PME (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV around. Rouvier 2105; RPC I 4658; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC –. Good VF, toned, double struck on reverse.