Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 370. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (7.12 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, AN (date) above club; A to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 2036 var. (Δ to right); cf. AUB 59 (shekel); BMC 230; SNG Copenhagen -. EF. Good metal for issue.