CNG 88, Lot: 511. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.10 g, 1h). Dated CY 86 (41/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, Πς (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 4625 var. (monogram); BMC 173 var. (same); HGC 10, 357; RPC 4625. EF, toned.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Ponterio 106 (7 April 2000), lot 453.