Triton XVI, Lot: 563. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 7.02 g, 1h). Dated CY 37 (90/89 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ZΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEP[AΣ KAI] AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921; BMC –; CNG 36, lot 2154 var. (monogram). Good VF, minor porosity, light marks. Very rare.