365, Lot: 204. Estimate $400. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.29 g, 1h). 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; ΣΑ to right, Phoenician aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 78; Rouvier 2016; BMC 118-9 var. (monogram to right, bet between legs); DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, toned, compact flan.