328, Lot: 239. Estimate $250. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.92 g, 1h). Dated CY 129 (AD 3/4). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PKΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; retrograde
aleph between legs. Rouvier –; BMC –; DCA 920 (R3); HGC 10, 357. VF, minor deposits. Overstruck with traces of undertype visible on reverse. Very rare year.