Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 685. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (14.35 gm). Dated year 16 (111/110 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; VI (date) and club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 237, -; AUB 29. Lightly toned, good VF. ($500)

From the Collection of Peter Roell.