CNG 105, Lot: 426. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (6mm, 13.72 g, 12h). Dated CY 89 (38/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 208; HGC 10, 357; DCA 921 (unreported date). Good VF, toned, some porosity. Very rare date, only 6 in CoinArchives.