CNG 85, Lot: 680. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.07 g, 5h). Struck AD 103-109. Laureate head of Trajan right above eagle standing right; club before / Laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles right, lion’s skin draped about neck. Rouvier 2275; Prieur 1495; McAlee 455 (Antioch). Near EF, lightly toned.