335, Lot: 220. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 13.84 g, 12h). Dated CY 88 (39/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΠH (date) above [club]; monogram to right, aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 204 (this coin); DCA 919 (R2); HGC 10, 357. Near VF, toned, scratches on obverse. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.