328, Lot: 236. Estimate $300. Sold for $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.06 g, 1h). Dated CY 113 (14/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PIΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram,
beth between legs. Rouvier 2084; BMC –; DCA 920 (R2); HGC 10, 357. VF, light deposits and scratches. Rare first year in which the KP monogram always appears.