396, Lot: 244. Estimate $400. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.36 g, 12h). Dated CY 36 (91/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ςΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 87 var. (aleph between legs); DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, lightly toned, minor roughness on reverse. Very rare date, and possibly unrecorded with bet between legs.