390, Lot: 213. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 6.66 g, 1h). Dated CY 49 (78/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [aegis around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΘM (date) above club; Δ to right; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 492; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. VF, find patina, some roughness.