382, Lot: 153. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 7.02 g, 12h). Dated CY 114 (AD 12/3). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin tied at neck / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PI∆ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram, aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 518 (this coin illustrated); Rouvier –; BMC –; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. VF, lightly toned, struck slightly off center.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 42 (12 November 2001), lot 64910.