405, Lot: 236. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 13.67 g, 1h). Dated CY 32 (95/4 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, BΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 116; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Near VF, some roughness.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.