Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1047. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Shekel (14.37 g, 1h). Dated CY 37 (90/89 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / TUROU IERAS [KAI A]SULOU, eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; to left, ZL above club; Phoenician 'B' between legs, monogram to right. Cf. BMC 128. EF, attractive iridescent tone. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Ex Superior (31 May 1988), lot 1555.