329, Lot: 188. Estimate $200. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.90 g, 12h). Dated CY 116 (11/10 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PIς (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; beth between legs. Rouvier 2089 var. (monogram to lower right, aleph between legs); BMC 194 var. (same); DCA 920 (R2); HGC 10, 357. VF, areas of roughness. Very rare date.