CNG 97, Lot: 317. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.39 g, 12h). Dated CY 82 (45/4 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠB (date) above club; BN to right, Phoenician A between legs. Rouvier –; BMC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. EF, dark find patina. Exceptional. Rare date.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.