335, Lot: 219. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24.5mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, AN (date) above club; monogram to right, beth between legs. DCA-Tyre 497; DCA 921; HGC 10, 358. VF, porous in areas, roughness on cheek.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.