CNG 106, Lot: 496. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Dated CY 171 (AD 45/6 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, wearing lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, POA (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 636; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, toned, slightly off center.

From the George Bernert Collection.