389, Lot: 355. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26.5mm, 14.15 g, 1h). Dated CY 114 (13/2 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, PIΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA Tyre 276; RPC I 4644; HGC 10, 357 (but unlisted year); DCA 920 (R3). Good VF, old cabinet tone, light scratches under tone, slightly off center and area of flat strike on reverse. Very rare date.