Triton XVII, Lot: 381. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.29 g, 12h). Dated CY 9 (118/7 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, LΘ (date) above club; MY monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPA[Σ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 1975; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 65. Good VF, toned, minor delamination on obverse.

From the Leo & Paula Gorelkin Collection.