294, Lot: 390. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.03 g, 12h). Dated CY 111 (16/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΡIA (date) above club; monogram to right. BMC 188 var. (monogram); RPC I 4642; DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. VF.

Evidently the last issue before the type became standardized, with the KP in the right field of the reverse.