Sale: Triton V, Lot: 563. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre . Year 220 (94/95 AD). Æ 23mm (10.30 gm). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin tied around neck / MHTROPOLEwS, club surmounted by the monogram of Tyre, date KS left, Phoenician "of Tyre" right; all within oak wreath. RPC II 2066; SNG Copenhagen 338; cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 260, 290; Laffaille -. Near EF, dark green, almost black patina, a light dusting of earthen encrustation on the reverse, choice surfaces. ($150)