Triton XIV, Lot: 371. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 10 (117/6 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, LI (date) above club; ΣA to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 1977; HGC 10, 357; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 67-8. Near EF, toned, a couple tiny marks. Attractive early issue.