CNG 99, Lot: 356. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26.5mm, 13.65 g, 12h). Dated CY 115 (12/1 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PIE (date) above club; to right, KP above BN; Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 282; Rouvier 2088; RPC I 4645; BMC 192; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, light marks, some horn silver.