Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 474. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC - AD 65. AR Tetradrachm or Shekel (14.33 gm). Dated year 135 (9/10 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right / TUROU IEPAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; RLE (date) and club to left, Phoenician "Z" between legs, KP and monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia -; RPC I 4654. EF. Extremely rare date, only 1 specimen cited by RPC. ($500)