Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 702. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Didrachm ­ Half Shekel (7.17 gm). Dated year 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; ZM and club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 251, 226 var. (monogram). Good VF, reverse off-center. ($300)