394, Lot: 297. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.40 g, 1h). Dated CY 29 (98/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΘK (date) above club; monogram to right; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 73; Rouvier 2011; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, toned, underlying luster, struck with slightly worn obverse die.