CNG 88, Lot: 509. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.32 g, 12h). Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Pheonician B between legs. Rouvier 2015; BMC 118; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, some light roughness and minor scratches.

Ex F. Martin Post Collection; Freeman & Sear 13 (25 August 2006), lot 258.