Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 608. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (13.57 g, 1h). Dated CY 172 (AD 46/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2117 var. (monogram); RPC 4672; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 208. Good VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity and light double strike on reverse.