270, Lot: 125. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR 1/2 Shekel (20mm, 6.60 g, 12h). Dated CY 168 (AD 42/3). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; to left, PΞH (date) above club; Phoenician “b” between legs; KP, B and monogram to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; RPC I 4700; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, dark find patina. Scarce.