CNG 91, Lot: 372. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Dated CY 163 (AD 37/8). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above BA; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2110 var. (control marks); RPC 4667; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. VF, toned, nicks on reverse. Rare date.

From a Continental Collection.