CNG 94, Lot: 758. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.24 g, 1h). Dated CY 10 (117/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LI (date) above club; ΣA to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 1977; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, a couple minor scuffs on reverse.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection.