242, Lot: 85. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.39 g, 12h). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; HΛ (date) above club to left; Δ to right, Phoenician letter between legs. Rouvier 2024 var. (monogram to right); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 130 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357. Good VF, lightly toned, minor die wear on obverse.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 597; Dix, Noonan, Webb 73 (14 March 2007), lot 270; Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 394.