337, Lot: 140. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 12h). Dated CY 46 (81/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ςM (date) above club; monogram to right, aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 486 (this coin); DCA 921 (R2); HGC 10, 358 (but date unrecorded). In NGC encapsulation graded Fine. Porous surfaces. Rare year.

From Group SGF.