375, Lot: 79. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.65 g, 1h). Dated CY 176 (AD 50/1). Laureate bust of Melqart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, POς (date) above club; to right, KP above EP; Phoenician beth between legs. RPC I 4675; BMC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. VF, minor roughness. Rare.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Peter Roell Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 63, 21 May 2003), lot 710.