381, Lot: 233. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 13.46 g, 12h). Dated CY 29 (98/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin tied around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΘK (date) above club; CA to right; Phoenician aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 71 var. (Phoenician bet between legs); Rouvier 2011; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5; Surface: 2/5.