CNG 96, Lot: 555. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.17 g, 1h). Dated CY 114 (13/2 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PIΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. Rouvier 2086 var. (letter between legs); RPC I 4644; BMC 189 var. (same); HGC 10, 357 (date not listed); DCA 920. Good VF, bright surfaces, softly struck on obverse. Very rare date.