CNG 106, Lot: 493. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AN (date) above club; Δ to right; B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 791; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near EF, lustrous.
From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 175 (24 October 2007), lot 126.