382, Lot: 151. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 6.99 g, 1h). Dated CY 40 (87/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, L M (date) above club; to right, monogram, aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 480; Rouvier –; BMC 224; DCA 921; HGC 10, 358. VF, minor porosity.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.