318, Lot: 302. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Uncertain date. Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, LAΓ(retrograde)Λ (or something similar) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. BMC –; HGC 10, 358 var.; DCA 922 var. Good VF.

The date on the reverse is indecipherable, perhaps its a 33 cut over a 31.