Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 443. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (7.13 g, 1h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; AN (date) above club to left, Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2036; BMC 230 var. (A to right); SNG Copenhagen -. EF, overstruck on uncertain type.