Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 706. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (13.10 gm). Dated year 159 (33/4 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; RNQ (date) and club to left, Phoenician "A" between legs, KP and monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 249, 204 var. (monogram); RPC I 4663. Toned, nice VF, slight reverse double-strike. ($1000)

From the Collection of Peter Roell. 

According to the traditional chronology, this coin was struck in the year of Jesus' crucifixion.