365, Lot: 203. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.15 g, 12h). Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΑΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician
bet between legs. DCA-Tyre 76; Rouvier 2015; BMC 118-9; DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. VF, toned, metal flaws on the obverse.