Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 678. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Didrachm / Half-Shekel (6.43 gm). Dated year 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; HM (date) and club to left, Phoenician "A" between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 251, 227 var. (D right). Toned VF, porous. ($200)