398, Lot: 327. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 12.74 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. Dated CY 146 (AD 20/1). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMC (date) above club; KP above monogram to right; no letter between legs. For prototype, cf. DCA-Tyre 345; cf. HGC 10, 357; cf. DCA 920. VF, some roughness.