CNG 88, Lot: 510. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 7.09 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AN (date) above club; Δ to right, Pheonician B between legs. Rouvier 2036; BMC 230 var. (A not Δ); HGC 10, 358. Near EF, toned, area of roughness on obverse.