CNG 93, Lot: 523. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.26 g, 1h). Dated CY 21 (106/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 1998; BMC 99–100; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned. Very rare date.