335, Lot: 221. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.29 g, 1h). Illegible date, struck early 1st century AD. Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, illegible date above club; KP to right, uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. Cf. C. Meir, “Tyrian Sheqels from the ‘Isfiya Hoard, Part Three: Crude Style,” INR 7 (2012), pp. 25–30, 216 (same obv. die); cf. DCA-Tyre 447-48; DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. VF, toned, typical compact flan.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.