Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 839. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (15.28 g, 8h). Struck AD 103-111. Laureate bust right, set on eagle standing right; club to right / Laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules right with lion skin tied at neck. Prieur 1495a (same dies). VF, dark find patina, light scratches under tone on reverse. Very rare.