Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 611. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (13.98 g, 1h). Dated CY 177 (AD 51/2). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POZ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier -; RPC 4676; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Near EF. Very rare date.