Four Tyre Shekels of the Early First Century AD

CNG 90, Lot: 707. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Dated CY 157 (AD 31/2). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PNZ (date) above club; to right, KP above ZB(?); unclear letter between legs. Rouvier –; RPC –; DCA 920; cf. HGC 10, 357 (unlisted date). VF, typical compact flan. Extremely rare date, DCA notes two examples, both in commerce.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.