CNG 100, Lot: 1580. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.27 g, 12h). Dated CY 144 (AD 18/9). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 336; Rouvier 2102 var. (monogram); RPC I 4657; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. EF, lightly toned, compact flan, flan flaw on cheek.