CNG 87, Lot: 662. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.61 g, 12h). Dated CY 12 (115/4 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, BI (date) above club; monogram to right, Pheonician B between legs. Rouvier 1983; BMC 73-4 var. (monogram); HGC 10, 357. Good VF, minor porosity.