Triton XVIII, Lot: 732. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27.5mm, 14.28 g, 1h). Dated CY 20 (107/6 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 1997 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 91–2. EF, toned, a little off center on obverse.