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

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 7.15 g, 12h). Dated CY 50 (77/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, retrograde LN (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. BMC –; HGC 10, 358 var. (unlisted year); DCA 922. Good VF, reverse slightly off center. Very rare year of issue.