Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 228. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (7.32 g, 1h). Dated CY 172 (AD 46/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; POB (date) above club to left, KP above monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. RPC I Supp. 2, S2-I-4702Aa; otherwise unpublished. Near EF, light toning around the devices. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.