CNG 97, Lot: 314. Estimate $500. Sold for $1222. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (25mm, 7.14 g, 1h). Dated CY 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ZM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier –; BMC 226; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Good VF, double struck on obverse, minor deposits.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 441.