382, Lot: 152. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.91 g, 1h). Dated CY 113 (14/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PIΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram, beth between legs. DCA-Tyre 273; Rouvier 2084; BMC –; RPC I 4653; DCA 920 (R2); HGC 10, 357. Good VF, a few marks and scratches. Rare first year in which the KP monogram always appears.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 327 (28 May 2014), lot 811.

The KP monogram, introduced in CY 111, is constant from CY 113.