365, Lot: 209. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Dated CY 53 (74/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, wearing lion’s skin around his neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΓΝ (date) above club; Z to right, Phoenician aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 130 var. (letter between legs); Rouvier 2040 var. (letter to right and between legs); BMC 144; DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Near VF, toned, light deposits and porosity. Well centered obverse showing Melkart’s complete bust.