CNG 100, Lot: 1581. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.97 g, 12h). Dated CY 184 (AD 58/9). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΠΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above E(PH monogram); Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 576; Rouvier –; RPC I 4705; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Good VF, toned, die break on obverse, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare, only two examples noted by DCA, only one other in CoinArchives.