342, Lot: 354. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 14.30 g, 12h). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right; [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; to left, HΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, A (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 93; Rouvier 2024; BMC 131; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 27 August 1987.