Unique Date for Half Shekel

342, Lot: 356. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 7.08 g, 1h). Dated CY 34 (89/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right; [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; to left, ΔΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA–Tyre –; Rouvier –; BMC –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921 (“not reported”). VF, toned, off center. Unique.