365, Lot: 210. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 7.07 g, 12h). Dated CY 171 (AD 45/6). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POA (date) above club; KP/Θ/monogram to right, Phoenician aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 565 var. (without Θ and different monogram to right); cf. Rouvier 2116 (shekel); BMC –; DCA 922; cf. RPC I 4702; HGC 10, 358. VF, lightly toned, some porosity.