Year of the Crucifixion

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 727. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (7.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 159 (AD 33/4). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, PNΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Aramaic A between legs. Rouvier -; RPC 4693; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Good VF, obverse a little off center. Exceptional for this poorly-struck issue. Very rare.