Triton XVI, Lot: 567. Estimate $750. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 12.80 g, 12h). Dated CY 172 (AD 46/7). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPA[Σ KAI AΣYΛOY] around. Rouvier 2117 var. (monogram, Phoenician letter); RPC I 4672; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 204 var. (monogram). Good VF, toned, areas of minor roughness on obverse.