Two Different Years, Same Obverse Die

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 438. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (14.41 g, 12h). Dated CY 40 (87/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, LM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 133 var. (control marks). EF, lightly toned.

Struck from the same obverse die as the following lot.