Triton XVI, Lot: 565. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.14 g, 12h). Dated CY 146 (AD 20/1). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, PMς (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs; TVPOV IEPAΣ [K]AI AΣVΛOV around. Rouvier –; RPC I 4659; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 201. Good VF, toned, light deposits.