242, Lot: 86. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24mm, 6.94 g, 12h). Dated CY 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; ZM (date) above club to left, Δ to right, Phoenician letter between legs. Rouvier 2030; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 226; HGC 10, 358. Good VF, reverse slightly double struck.