Triton XV, Lot: 1288. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 6 (121/0 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, LC (date) above club; ZB monogram and Phoenician B between legs; [TYPOY IEPAΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 1963; HGC 10, 357; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 58. Good VF, toned. Attractive early style.