Extremely Rare Quarter Shekel

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 227. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Quarter Shekel (3.32 g, 1h). Dated CY 9 (118/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, LΘ (date) above club; M to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Unpublished as a quarter shekel, but for the shekel with these controls, see: Rouvier 1975; AUB 24; BMC 65. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination.