Triton XVII, Lot: 383. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 14.39 g, 1h). Dated CY 47 (80/79 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ZM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPA[Σ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 2031; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 139. Superb EF, lightly toned, a couple die flaws on obverse, reverse a little off center. Struck from fresh dies.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection.