CNG 88, Lot: 1051. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.94 g, 7h). Struck AD 103-111. Laureate head of Trajan right set on eagle standing right; club to right / Laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck. McAlee 455 (Antioch); Prieur 1495. EF, lightly toned.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Ponterio 134 (22 April 2005), lot 1466.