315, Lot: 111. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.32 g, 12h). Dated CY 11 (116/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, AI (date) above club; to right, monogram; Phoenician beth between legs. BMC 71; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned, lamination flaw on obverse.

From Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.