342, Lot: 355. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.07 g, 1h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right; [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; to left, HM (date) above club; monogram to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 119; Rouvier 2032 var. (monogram); BMC 140 var. (same); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near EF, a little off center on reverse.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin, 28 December 1989.