“Millenium Shekel”

375, Lot: 78. Estimate $500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.07 g, 1h). Dated CY 126 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate bust of Melqart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PKς (date) above club; to right, KP above M; Phoenician beth between legs. RPC I 4650; BMC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920 (R1). Good VF, toned. Rare and popular “millenium shekel”.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.