323, Lot: 152. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 5h). 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; aleph between legs. Rouvier 2103 var. (beth between legs); BMC 237 var. (same); DCA 922; HGC 10, 357. In ICG encapsulation graded EF45.