First Year of the Famed Tyre Shekels

Triton XIX, Lot: 296. Estimate $2000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Dated CY 1 (126/5 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LA (date) above club; monogram to right; TYP[O]Y IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 2; Rouvier 1948; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 44 var. (monogram). Choice EF, toned, trace find patina on obverse. Fine style.