315, Lot: 112. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 12.72 g, 12h). Dated CY 144 (AD/18/19). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PMΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician beth between legs. RPC I 4726; HGC 10, 357; DCA 922 . Good Fine, lightly toned, roughness and scratches, reverse double struck.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.