222, Lot: 211. Estimate $200. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 96 (31/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; date above club to left, monogram to right, Phoenician “B” between legs. Rouvier 2073-5 var. (control to right); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 179 var. (same). VF, toned with some deposits, gash on reverse smoothed.