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Triton XVII, Lot: 384. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24mm, 7.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, HM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. CF. Rouvier 2032 (shekel); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921; BMC 227. Near EF, lightly toned. Excellent metal.