CNG 106, Lot: 495. Estimate $500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Dated CY 158 (AD 32/3). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PNH (date) above club; to right, KP above “monogram”; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. C. Meir, “Tyrian Sheqels from the ‘Isfiya Hoard, Part Three: Crude Style,” INR 7 (2012), 177/188 (for obv. die/similar rev. date); DCA-Tyre 573 (this coin illustrated); DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, toned.

From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 179 (2 January 2008), lot 106; Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 245.