327, Lot: 798. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 13.76 g, 12h). Dated CY 80 (47/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, Π (date) above club; OΔ monogram and I to right, aleph between legs. Rouvier 2060 var. (control to right, beth between legs); BMC 168 var. (beth between legs); DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. VF, crystallization, redeposited silver on obverse, chipping around edge.