335, Lot: 222. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Fourrée Half Shekel(?) (20mm, 5.76 g, 1h). Illegible date. Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, illegible date above club; monogram(?) to right, uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. DCA 921; HGC 10, 358. Near VF, a few green deposits.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.