CNG 97, Lot: 315. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 7.14 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AN (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2036; BMC 230 var. (letter to right); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. EF, area of light deposits on obverse. Exceptional for type.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 443.