302, Lot: 188. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.51 g, 12h). Dated CY 174 (AD 48/9). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; monogram between legs. Rouvier 2118 var. (control marks); BMC 209 var. (same); RPC I 4673; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity on the reverse.