CNG 97, Lot: 312. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.42 g, 1h). Dated CY 40 (87/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier –; BMC 133 var. (control marks); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. EF, lightly toned.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 488.