“Millennium Shekel”

CNG 96, Lot: 557. Estimate $750. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 13.97 g, 1h). Dated CY 126 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PKς (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2093 var. (monogram); RPC I 4650; BMC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, a few marks. Rare.