“Millenium Shekel”
330, Lot: 120. Estimate $200.
Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.68 g, 1h). Dated CY 126 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PKς (date) above club; to right, KP above M;
beth between legs. Rouvier 2093; BMC –; DCA 920 (R1); HGC 10, 357. VF, rough surfaces. Rare “millenium shekel”.
