CNG 91, Lot: 373. Estimate $300. Sold for $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Dated CY 165 (AD 39/40). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [P]ΞE (date) above club; to right, KP above ANP monogram; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. Rouvier 2112; RPC 4669; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Near VF, toned, a few minor marks. Rare date.

From a Continental Collection.