298, Lot: 63. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Dated CY 63 (64/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, with lion’s skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm behind; to left, ΓΞ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. BMC 147; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, obverse slightly rough, minor striking weakness.