188, Lot: 61. Estimate $100. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Fourrée Half-Shekel (22mm, 6.26 g). Dated CY 99 (28/27 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm over right wing; date above club to left; BN to right; uncertain letter between legs. Cf. BMC 232. Good Fine, weakly struck, some breaks in the plating.
From the Macleay Collection.