290, Lot: 206. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 6.41 g, 12h). Dated CY 89 (38/7 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΠΘ (date) above club; to right, BN monogram; Phoenician letter between legs. Rouvier -; BMC -; RPC I -; DCA 922 (date not reported); HGC 10, 358. Near VF, toned. An unrecorded date for half shekels.