382, Lot: 154. 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 (20mm, 6.97 g, 1h). Dated CY 140 (AD 14/5). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin tied at neck / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PM (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram, bet between legs. DCA-Tyre 530 (this coin illustrated); Rouvier –; BMC 236; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. VF, toned, struck slightly off center.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 42 (12 November 2001), lot 64911.