Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 609. 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 (13.90 g, 1h). Dated CY 174 (AD 48/9). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2118 var. (control marks); RPC 4673; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 209 var. (control marks). Good VF, double struck on reverse, a little porous.