CNG 100, Lot: 1578. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.36 g, 12h). Dated CY 87 (40/39 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠZ (date) above club; ΣA monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 197–200 var. (monogram); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned. Unpublished with this monogram, rare thus.