CNG 97, Lot: 318. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.78 g, 1h). Dated CY 176 (AD 50/1). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POς (date) above club; to right, KP above E(PH monogram); Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2119; BMC –; RPC I 4675; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, lightly toned, minor roughness.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.