404, Lot: 286. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 6.27 g, 1h). Dated CY 32 (95/4 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, wearing lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, HN (date) above club; monogram to right, uncertain letter between legs. DCA-Tyre 749; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Fine, toned, porosity. Rare.